Mastering conceptualization (aka. visualization, calculation, the most neglected skill in Chess), one insight and blindfold exercise at a time. Presented by Don't Move Until You See It. Find out more at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it
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 (https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/the-vacated-square) and the Mantra habit (https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/safety-net). 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: 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bd7 4. O-O Nbd7 5. d4 c5 6. dxc5 e6 * 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? 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: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b4 a5 10. b5 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Be2 Ng5 14. d5 Qe8 15. Nd4 exd5 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxc7 Rc8 18. Qxd6 * And the answer is... 15. Nxg5
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
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. 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: [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. 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: 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. 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
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. 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: [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? 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: 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: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. Be3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qe2 Re8 9. O-O-O e5 10. Rhe1 e4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 * And the answer is... 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Rxd8 Bxd8
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+
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. 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: 1. e4 d5 2. e5 c5 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 h5 5. e6 f5 6. exf6 gxf6 7. Bd3 e5 8. dxe5 fxe5 * 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. 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: Carlsen vs Harestad (Copenhagen, 2003) 2. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Ra7 15. Nf1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Nh2 f6 19. Be3 Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 Bd7 22. Qd2 Nf7 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Qe2 Qa6 25. Ng4 Kg7 26. Bc1 Na4 27. Bc2 Ra8 28. Qe3 c4 29. Rf1 Nc5 30. Nh6 Ng5 31. f4 exf4 32. Qxf4 Bxh3 33. Qh4 Bd7 34. e5 dxe5 35. Nh5+ gxh5 * And the answer is... 36. Qxg5+ fxg5 (36... Kh8 37. Nf7#) 37. Rf7+ Kxh6 (37... Kh8 38. Rxh7#) 38. Rxh7#
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
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. 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: [White "Nguyen, Sang"] [Black "De Boer, Sipke"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bf4 Nc6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Nbd2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.Be2 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.c4 b6 10.Rc1 O-O 11.O-O e5 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe2 14.Nxf7 Rxf7 15.Qxe2 d4 16.exd4 Qxd4 17.Nf3 Qf4 18.Qd2 Qe4 19.Ng5 1-0
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
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: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Qc3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Ngf3 Nf5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Ng5 Rhf8 15. Nb3 * And the answer is... 8... Bb4
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. 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
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? 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: 8/8/8/3k4/8/1r1P4/3K4/8 b - - 0 1 And the answer is... Ba2
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. 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: Short vs Kosten (Hastings, 1988) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 dxc3 13. Qxc3 Rc8 14. Rb1 Nf5 15. Bd2 a6 16. Rg1 b5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Rg3 Qb6 19. Qd3 Rh8 20. Rh3 Ne7 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. c3 Ra4 23. Qg3 Nhg6 24. Rxh8+ Nxh8 25. Bd3 Nhg6 26. h4 Rxa3 27. h5 Nf8 28. h6 Neg6 29. f5 Ne7 30. Qh2 exf5 31. h7 Neg6 32. gxf5 Nh8 33. Qh5 Qc7 34. Kf1 Rxc3 35. e6 Rxd3 36. exf7+ Kd8 37. Qg5+ Kc8 38. Rc1 Rxd4 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40. Ba5+ Kb7 41. Qd8 Rf4+ 42. Kg1 Rg4+ 43. Kh2 1-0
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
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: 8/1N2k1p1/2p2p2/p5p1/1p2K3/P6P/6P1/8 w - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1. a4 b3 2. Kd3 b2 3. Kc2 b1=Q+ 4. Kxb1
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
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. 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: 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qxd4 * And the answer is... 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4
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
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: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O * And the answer is... White's move 6. Nxe4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned to the White king by the bishop on b4.
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: 3r4/2p2k2/8/2p1P3/p1P2K2/Pp6/1P5R/8 b - - 0 1 PGN for today's exercise: 1... Rd4+ 2. Kf5 Rxc4 3. e6+ Kg7 * And the answer is... 4. Rh8 Kxh8 5. e7
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
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. 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: [White "Stankowski, Aleksander"] [Black "Rabeda, Grzegorz"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 Qd7 6.Bf4 h6 7.c3 g5 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxe5 Bh3 10.Bxh3 Qxh3 11.Bxf6 exf6 12.Qb3 O-O-O 13.c4 d4 14.Nd2 f5 15.Nf3 f6 16.c5 Bxc5 17.Rfc1 Bb6 18.a4 a6 19.Qxb6 Rd7 20.Qa7 1-0
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
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: 1. d4 b6 2. c3 Bb7 3. Nf3 g6 4. Ng5 Bg7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Na3 e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. Bd3 h6 9. Nf3 f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 * And the answer is... 6. Qxf7#
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. 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: 3rr1k1/pb3ppp/1pn5/2p5/8/1P4Q1/PBP2PPP/R5K1 w - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1. Qxg7#
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. 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: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O Bxa6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. a4 Qb6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nb5 Ne8 16. Bc3 Qb7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ f6 19. b3 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Rfb1 Rb4 22. Nd2 Rab8 23. f3 Qb7 24. Ra3 Qa6 25. Nc4 * And the answer is... 25... Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Rxb1
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
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: 8/5B2/7k/6rP/p7/8/3B3K/8 b - - 1 1 PGN for today's exercise: 1... a3 2. Kh3 a2 3. Bxa2 Kxh5 { What is the best move for White? } * And the answer is... 4. Bf7+ Rg6 (4... Kh6 5. Be8 Zugzwang.) 5. Kh2 Zugzwang.
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
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: 7k/4Rrpp/3p2b1/P1pP4/8/5P1P/5P1K/8 w - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1. Re8+ Rf8 2. Rxf8#
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. 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
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? 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: 8/8/6k1/3r4/8/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1 And the answer is... Be4
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. 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: Beyen vs Filip (Ostend, 1971) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 e5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Ne2 Nf8 10. O-O Nh5 11. f4 Nxf4 12. Nxf4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Qh5 Qe7 15. e5 Nxf4 16. Rxf4 g6 17. Qh6 dxe5 18. Re1 f5 19. d6 Qf6 20. g4 Kd8 21. Rff1 f4 22. g5 Qf8 23. Rxe5 Qxh6 24. gxh6 Kd7 25. Rd5 Rf8 26. Re1 Rf7 27. Bc2 b5 28. Bxg6 hxg6 29. Re7+ Rxe7 30. dxe7+ Kxe7 31. Rd8 1-0
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
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. 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: [White "Zoltan Vecsey"] [Black "Herrmann"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qf3 Nb4 6. Bb3 N8c6 7. Nge2 Na5 8. Ne4 Nxb3 9. Qxb3 * And the answer is... 9... Qd5
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
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: 1r4k1/3q1p1p/3p2p1/1p1Nb3/8/2P5/1P2QPPP/4R1K1 w - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1. Qxe5 dxe5 2. Nf6+ Kg7 3. Nxd7
Welcome to the Tuesday insight. Today's episode originally appeared as an article at https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blog. 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
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. 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: [White "Schadd, Jan"] [Black "Raddatz, Michael"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.h4 c5 7.d5 e6 8.h5 exd5 9.exd5 Nbd7 10.hxg6 fxg6 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Rxh6 Ne5 13.Nf3 Qe7 14.Qd2 Nfg4 15.O-O-O Nxh6 0-1
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