Épisodes

  • 👨‍🏫 The Four Things (Insight)
    Sep 23 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 Check out the resources mentioned in this episode: The Five Sentences Exercise: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/five-sentences Listudy Blind Tactics Tool: https://listudy.org/en/blind-tactics/ Ramesh RB's Improve Your Chess Calculation: https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/9056919970 Blindfold Trainer: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/blindfold-trainer
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    10 min
  • 🧠 Central Pawns (Find the Blunder Exercise)
    Sep 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. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 d5 4. Nc3 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 * And the answer is... 4. exf6
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    2 min
  • 🧠🧠🧠 Persistence Hunting (Hybrid Exercise)
    Sep 21 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: 3r1k2/pbqr1ppQ/1p2p3/4P3/1PP3p1/P2BR3/1K5P/3R4 w - - 0 1 PGN for today's exercise: 1. Qh8+ Ke7 2. Qxg7 Bf3 3. Bg6 Rf8 4. Rxd7+ Qxd7 5. Rd3 Qc8 6. Qf6+ Ke8 * And the answer is... 7. Rd6 fxg6 8. Rxe6+ Kd7 9. Qe7#
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    3 min
  • ❓Memorize the Board?
    Sep 20 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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    20 min
  • 🧠🧠 Just You and Me (Position Exercise)
    Sep 19 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: 2q5/K2p4/2kp4/1p5Q/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1 And the answer is... 1. Qh1+ Kc7 (1... Kc5 2. Qc1+) (1... d5 2. Qc1+) 2. Qc1+ Kd8 3. Qg5+ Kc7 (3... Ke8 4. Qg8+) 4. Qxb5 Kd8 5. Qg5+ Kc7 6. Qa5+ Kc6 7. Qc3+
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    2 min
  • 🚶‍♂️ Controlling Square Colors (Walkthrough)
    Sep 18 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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    33 min
  • 🧠 Can They Do That? (Illegal Move Exercise)
    Sep 17 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. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nxe5 * And the answer is... Black's move 6... Bd6 is illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e7.
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    2 min
  • ⚡ What Could This Move Mean? (Quick Lesson)
    Sep 16 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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    9 min