
⚡ Training Diagonals (Quick Lesson)
01/29/25 • 8 min
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
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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🧠 Omnipresent Bishop (Lost Piece Exercise)
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:
8/1p3k2/8/8/4p3/4K3/r7/8 w - - 0 1
And the answer is...
Bd5
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🧠🧠 The Great Anand (Game Exercise)
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:
Anand vs Kasimdzhanov (Tashkent, 2011)
- e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 c6 11. Be2 Ng4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. h3 Bxf4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Qxf4 Nxf2 17. Ng5 f6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bg6 Nxd1 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Re1 Nxc3+ 22. bxc3 Be6 23. Rxe6 Qb6+ 24. Kc1 { Black resigned. } *
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