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:

This puzzle comes from the catalogue of Lichess user GM Jepetto.

1r6/3R3p/6pk/8/2Rp1PP1/2pr3P/P7/6K1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... Rb1+ 2. Kf2 Rb2+ 3. Ke1

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:

2nr1rk1/7p/p5p1/1p1p4/3B4/2PB1Q1P/q1P3P1/5RK1 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

golim vs amarkdalen (Lichess, 2023)

Qg3 Rxf1+ 2. Kxf1 Rf8+ 3. Kg1 Qb1+ 4. Kh2 Qc1 *

And the answer is...

Bxg6 Qf4 (5... hxg6 6. Qxg6#) 6. Bf7+ Kxf7 7. Qxf4+

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 "Judit Polgar"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Rxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Qc6 15. Qe2+ Kd7 16. Bxf6 Bd6 17. Qd1 Re8 18. Bh3 b5 19. Rg1 Bb7 20. g6 Kc7 21. Bg2 Qc4 22. Bxb7 Bf4+ 23. Kb1 Kxb7 24. gxh7 1-0

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:

8/1p2kp2/bR1R3P/8/5K2/8/3p3r/8 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... Rxh6 2. Rxd2 (2. Rxh6 d1=Q) 2... Rxb6

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?

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PGN for today's exercise:

e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. d4 Bb6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Nf3 Nbc6 *

And the answer is...

g4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. h5 Bxh5 8. gxh5