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:
r3k2r/ppp1pp2/2n2pbb/7p/1B5Q/PqP2NPB/1P3PP1/5RK1 w kq - 0 1

And the answer is...
Rd7

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:
OLMEDO_23 vs giasson (Lichess blitz, 2025)

1. e4 g5 2. d4 g4 3. Qxg4 d5 4. Qe2 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qe3 h5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bd2 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. O-O-O Na5 13. f3 Nxb3+ 14. axb3 Qd7 15. Nge2 Bg6 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. Rhe1 Bh6 18. g3 Qf5 19. Qxe7# 1-0

Walk through a conceptualization exercise with Aiden from 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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. Be2 Bb5 8. 0-0 Nge7 9. Be3 Nf5 10. Nbd2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 cxd4 12. exd4 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 7... Bb5 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the black Knight on c6.

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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:

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Bb6 *

And the answer is...

1. Nxb4

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:
juvemostar vs paporro (Lichess, 2021)

1. 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bc5 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 a6 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 Re8+ 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Ne2 Ng4 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Qd6 13. Nd5 h5 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qxh5 Ra7 16. Bxe5 Qg6 17. Qh4 Nc6 18. Be4 Qh6 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Nh5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 d6 22. e6 Bxe6 23. Rfe1 *

And the answer is...
23... g5