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:
Q7/7k/1p1p3p/4p1p1/4P3/2P3PK/PP5P/5q2 w - - 1 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1. Kg4 Qe2+ 2. Kh3 h5 3. Qb7+ Kh6 4. Qf7 *
And the answer is...
4... g4+ 5. Kh4 Qxh2#
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🚶♂️ The Opera Game, Part 3 (Walkthrough)
Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It.
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Try your own skills against the Don’t Move Blindfold Trainer here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer
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🧠 Eager (Illegal Move Exercise)
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:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 b6 7. d5 exd5 8.Nxd5 Bb7 9.Nxf6 gxf6 10.Bh6 Re8 11.Be2 Kh8 12.0-0 Nc6 *
And the answer is...
White's move 8. Nxd5 is illegal because the Knight is pinned by the black Bishop on b4.
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👨🏫 Seeing the Matrix Code (Why Blindfold), Part One (Insight)
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog.
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🧠 Two on One (Position Exercise)
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:
8/8/8/8/8/pp6/P1k5/K7 b - - 0 1
And the answer is...
1... b2#
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