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:
NN vs Rhine (Lichess blitz, 2019)

1. e3 d5 2. Nc3 e5 3. Qf3 e4 4. Qf4 Bd6 5. Qg5 Qxg5 0-1

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?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r4rk1/pb1q1ppp/1pN1Pb2/8/P2pBP1P/5QP1/1P6/RNB2RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
Nc5

Aiden answers your questions about conceptualization and making the adult brain better at Chess.

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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:
Abdulraqeb vs Ibrahim2611 (Lichess, 2023)

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. d5 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 *

And the answer is...
12... Qa5+

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from Don't Move Until You See It.

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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:
1kq5/8/8/1pp5/8/1KBP4/2PN4/8 b - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:
1... c4+ 2. dxc4 bxc4+ 3. Nxc4 Kb7 *

And the answer is...

1. Nd6+

A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.

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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. b3 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. Nc3 f5 4. Bxe5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 *

And the answer is...
White's move 4. Bxe5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the Knight on c3.