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:
Tricolor1899 vs tnkovalchuk (Lichess blitz, 2025)

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. e5 Nc6 5. d4 Qb6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qxd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bb5+ Kd8 11. Bd3 Nxf3+ 12. Ke2 Nxe5 13. Nxd5 Nxd3 14. Kxd3 e6 15. Nc3 Bc5 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Kxe3 Ne7 19. Rad1+ Ke8 20. Rd6 Nf5+ 0-1

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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:
6k1/5pp1/2b3n1/4p2p/8/3Q4/5PPP/6K1 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... Nh4 2. g3 Nf3+ 3. Kg2 *

And the answer is...
3... Ne1+

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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:

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. 0-0 Bd7 *

And the answer is...
White's move 6. Qxd4 is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the Bishop on d3.

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:
6q1/3k4/1p3p1p/p1pPp3/P1P4P/1P1Q1n2/4NP1b/5K2 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
guilded55 vs wabeka (Lichess, 2024)

1. Qxf3 Qg6 2. Ng3 Qb1+ 3. Kg2 Bxg3 4. fxg3 Qc2+ 5. Kh3 Qg6 *

And the answer is...

1. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 7. Kxg4 Ke7 8. Kf5 Kf7 9. g4 Ke7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 fxg5 12. Kxg5

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