Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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:

d4 Nf6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Ne4 6.Qc2 d5 *

And the answer is...

Black's move 2...Bb4+ was illegal because the Bishop is blocked by the pawn on e7.

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:

6k1/5ppp/Bp2p3/8/P1rPn3/2n1PN2/5PPP/B4RK1 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... Ne2+ 2. Kh1 Nxf2+ 3. Rxf2 Rc1+ 4. Ne1 Rxe1+ 5. Rf1 Rxf1#

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:

8/8/8/2P1kp2/pR3b2/P5p1/1PK5/8 w - - 2 1

PGN for today's exercise:

Ivanchuk vs L'Ami (Wijk Aan Zee, 2026)

Rb8 Ke4 2. Rb4+ Ke3 3. Rxf4 *

And the answer is...

3... g2 (3... Kxf4? 4. c6 g2 5. c7 g1=Q 6. c8=Q { Black still has a big advantage, but the win is not so simple anymore due to many checks that White will have. }) 4. Rxf5 g1=Q

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:

8/2p5/4pk2/2Pb4/p6R/8/8/5K2 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1... a3 2. Ra4 a2

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 "Jose Raul Capablanca"] [Black "Enrique Delmonte"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 e5 4. c3 Nc6 5. cxd4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. d5 Nd8 8. Bd3 Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 d6 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nc4 Bd7 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qa4+ Nc6 16. dxc6 Qc7 17. cxb7+ Kf8 18. Rxc7 1-0