Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner

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:

5rk1/4qn2/8/8/3B4/P7/BP6/1K6 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...

Rh8#

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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:

h4 Nf6 2. Rh3 e5 3. e3 Bc5 4. Nh3 0-0 5. Bc4 d5 6. Bb3 *

And the answer is...

White's move 4. Nh3 is illegal because the white Rook is occupying that square.

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:

Rubinstein vs Khan (Hamburg, 1930)

d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nbd2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 h6 11. c3 a5 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Nf3 Nc5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. a4 f5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Qe2 e5 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Bb6 Rf8 22. c4 Nb4 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxe4 Nxb6 25. Rd6 Nd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Kh8 28. Qxb7 Qf4 29. Re4 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Rab8 31. Qa7 Rbc8 32. Nxe5 Rf6 33. Rg4 Qc7 34. Qe3 Rcf8 35. f4 g5 36. Qd4 Kg8 37. Bc4+ Kh7 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Rxg5 Rf4 40. Bd3+ Kh6 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rc6+ 1-0

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