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:
1r6/6P1/2p1Nk2/7p/4R3/8/7K/8 b - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
{ Rashkovsky vs Ivanov (Elista, 1995) }
1... Rg8 2. Kg3 c5 3. Kh4 Kg6 4. Rf4 c4 5. Rf8 Kh7 6. Kxh5 c3 *
And the answer is...
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.
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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:
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.
In episode, I mention two habits you can build. Follow the links to learn about the Vacated Square habit and the Mantra habit.
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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...
Black's move 4... Nbd7 is illegal because that square is already occupied by the light-squared Bishop.
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...
Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.
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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:
[White "Maxwells_Hammer"] [Black "Computer"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 O-O 7. g3 Qe7 8. Nb5 d6 9. a3 Ne5 10. axb4 *
And the answer is...
10... Nf3#
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:
8/8/3k1p2/2p2Pp1/p1P5/P2K3p/7N/8 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... Ke5 2. Ke3 Kxf5
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.
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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:
[White "Mary Mills Houlding"] [Black "Elizabeth Walmsley Waterhouse"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Qd5 d6 7. Qxf7+ Kd7 8. Be6# 1-0
Lost Piece Exercise: The audio will tell you the position of most of the pieces on the board. Can you work out where the missing piece is meant to be?
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FEN for today's exercise:
r3k1nr/pp3ppp/2p1b3/1n5q/1bN5/1P4PP/PQP2PBB/5RK1 w kq - 0 1
And the answer is...
Rd3
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
Read the series about mantras and taming your intuition here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/your-enthusiastic-friend
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
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?
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...
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at 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
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.
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:
8/3k2b1/2rn4/4P3/2BK1R2/3P4/8/8 b - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1... Bh6 2. Rh4 { What is the best move for Black? } *
And the answer is...
2... Nf5+
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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 6. exf6 is illegal as that’s not how en passant works. White’s pawn needed to be on e5, and not e6, to capture on f6 with en passant.
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:
Carlsen vs Harestad (Copenhagen, 2003)
And the answer is...
