Episodes

  • 🧠 Up a Knight, but Down on Luck (Position Exercise)

    🧠 Up a Knight, but Down on Luck (Position Exercise)
    Jul 9 2025
    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
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    2 mins
  • 👨‍🏫 Freezing , The Three Fs Part Two (Insight)

    👨‍🏫 Freezing , The Three Fs Part Two (Insight)
    Jul 8 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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    10 mins
  • 🧠 Waterhouse Down (Game Exercise)

    🧠 Waterhouse Down (Game Exercise)
    Jul 7 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: [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
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    3 mins
  • 🧠🧠🧠 Lost Another Castle (Lost Piece Exercise)

    🧠🧠🧠 Lost Another Castle (Lost Piece Exercise)
    Jul 6 2025
    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
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    2 mins
  • ❓ Easy Is Too Hard (Q&A)

    ❓ Easy Is Too Hard (Q&A)
    Jul 5 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 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
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    10 mins
  • 🧠🧠 Sneaky Scandi (Find the Blunder Exercise)

    🧠🧠 Sneaky Scandi (Find the Blunder Exercise)
    Jul 4 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 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
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    3 mins
  • ⚡ Leftover Stories (Quick Lesson)

    ⚡ Leftover Stories (Quick Lesson)
    Jul 3 2025
    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
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    8 mins