Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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:

8/2p5/4pk2/2Pb4/p6R/8/8/5K2 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... a3 2. Ra4 a2

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 "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Black "Enrique Delmonte"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. d5 Nd8 8. Bd3 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 d6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. cxb7+ Kf8 18. Rxc7 1-0

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:

d4 f5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 b6 6. Bf4 Nb4 *

And the answer is...

Bxa8

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:

c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Be7 6. b4 Nf6 7. Bb2 0-0 *

And the answer is...

Black's move 5... Be7 is illegal because the d6-pawn is in the way.

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:

e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Qg4 d6 5. Qxg7 Nf6 6. Qxf7# 1-0