Episodes

  • 🧠 Confusing Ruy (Illegal Move Exercise)

    🧠 Confusing Ruy (Illegal Move Exercise)
    Nov 25 2025
    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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.d4 Ne6 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. c3 Bxe5 11. Rxe5 O-O 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. Qh5 Qd7 14. Re1 Qe7 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 Bc8 18. Qf5 Nd4 * And the answer is... White’s move 12. Nc3 is illegal as the c3 square is already occupied by a White pawn (that was moved there on move 10).
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    4 mins
  • 👨‍🏫 Clarity on Clarity (Insight)

    👨‍🏫 Clarity on Clarity (Insight)
    Nov 24 2025
    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
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    9 mins
  • 🧠 It Was Unlocked (Hybrid Exercise)

    🧠 It Was Unlocked (Hybrid Exercise)
    Nov 23 2025
    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: 3r3k/6pp/8/6PK/6R1/8/8/8 w - - 0 1 PGN for today's exercise: 1. Rf4 Rd3 * And the answer is... 2. Rf8#
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    2 mins
  • 🧠🧠🧠 Englisch in London (Find the Blunder Exercise)

    🧠🧠🧠 Englisch in London (Find the Blunder Exercise)
    Nov 22 2025
    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 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg5 Bg4 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxd5 Qh6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qe3 Qxe3 14. Nxe3 * And the answer is... 11... Nxd4 12. hxg4 (12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qh2#
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    3 mins
  • ❓ I Want to Visualize (Q&A)

    ❓ I Want to Visualize (Q&A)
    Nov 21 2025
    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
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    13 mins
  • 🧠🧠 *error* (Illegal Move Exercise)

    🧠🧠 *error* (Illegal Move Exercise)
    Nov 20 2025
    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. Bd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bb3 b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 * And the answer is... Black's move 11... b4 is illegal because the square is occupied by the black Bishop.
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    3 mins
  • 🚶‍♂️ 960 Game (Walkthrough)

    🚶‍♂️ 960 Game (Walkthrough)
    Nov 19 2025
    Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from 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
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    32 mins
  • 🧠 Karjakin Kaput (Game Exercise)

    🧠 Karjakin Kaput (Game Exercise)
    Nov 18 2025
    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: Andreikin vs Karjakin (Moscow, 2010) 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Bg7 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Nf6+ Kh8 10. Ng4+ 1-0
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    3 mins