Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It.
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Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move.
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PGN for today's exercise:
And the answer is...
White's move 8.dxe5 is illegal because en passant can be done only when the pawn moves two squares from its starting square.
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.
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Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/8/1pkn4/8/PP6/KR6 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Nc2#
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move.
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PGN for today's exercise:
And the answer is...
White’s move 12… Bxc3 is illegal as White’s dark-squared bishop is on e3 and cannot capture Black’s knight on c3.
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.
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Game Exercise: Close your eyes and follow along with an entire Chess game using the audio below. On each move, try to conceptualize the position clearly and understand how it has changed. Try to follow the game until the end to stretch the amount of moves you can see ahead.
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PGN for today's exercise:
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It.
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Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!
To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization
FEN for today's exercise:
[FEN "8/6pk/6pp/5n2/6b1/8/5BPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1"]
And the answer is...
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.
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Find the Blunder Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. One player will blunder and the other will not punish them for it. Can you find the blunder and the best punishment?
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PGN for today's exercise:
And the answer is...
Hybrid Puzzle: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are, then read a series of moves from that position. When prompted, try to identify the best next move.
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FEN for today's exercise:
3r1k2/pbqr1ppQ/1p2p3/4P3/1PP3p1/P2BR3/1K5P/3R4 w - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
And the answer is...
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.
Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it
To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization
Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!
To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization
FEN for today's exercise:
2q5/K2p4/2kp4/1p5Q/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It.
To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move.
To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization
PGN for today's exercise:
And the answer is...
Black's move 6... Bd6 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e7.
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.
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Opening Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. At a certain point, one player will make a mistake and it’ll be your job to find the move to punish it.
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PGN for today's exercise:
And the answer is...
3... bxc3
Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!
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FEN for today's exercise:
1r3rk1/p4pp1/q3p2p/2p1P1n1/1bPn3N/1PN1R1PP/P5Q1/2B2RK1 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Bxc3 (1... Nxh3+ works, too. 2. Qxh3 Bxc3 3. Rxc3 Ne2+) 2. Rxc3 Nxh3+ 3. Qxh3 Ne2+
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.
Send your questions to @AidenAtDontMove on Twitter, or aiden@dontmoveuntilyousee.it
To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series, head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization
