Chess Visualization Training: Recent Episodes
Don't Move Until You See It
When we train visualization first, everything else becomes 100x easier to learn. The Don't Move Chess Visualization Training podcast is a collection of audio-based training exercises from the Don't Move Training System from Don't Move Until You See It.
Game Audio: Follow along with an entire Chess game. On each move, try to clearly picture the position and understand how it has changed. Try to follow the game until the end to stretch the amount of moves you can see ahead as you play. My jaw hit the floor when I saw this game. What a sneaky entry by the Queen! A really entertaining quick game. Poor NN gets destroyed once again. *Like what you hear? * Sign up for the free foundational Master Skill Series to jumpstart your visualization journey here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/visualization
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! Today, for the beginners to visualization in the community, we have a Mate-in-1 puzzle following a classic checkmate pattern. To tell you which one might be a hint too many 😉 *Like what you hear? * Sign up for the free foundational Master Skill Series to jumpstart your visualization journey here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/visualization
Lost Piece Puzzle: 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? I really enjoyed putting together the last Lost Piece puzzle. But I wanted to try and replicate the idea of it as a beginner post. This exercise type is so interesting to create – I’m very happy so many of you love them too. *Like what you hear? * Sign up for the free foundational Master Skill Series to jumpstart your visualization journey here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/visualization
Game Exercise: Follow along with an entire Chess game. On each move, try to clearly picture the position and understand how it has changed. Try to follow the game until the end to stretch the amount of moves you can see ahead as you play. I run into the Philidor and its variants a bit as transpositions from the Vienna Game. It just doesn’t seem very good- but it was the most popular opening in the late 1800s. Chess has evolved so much! This is just an impressive attacking game from George Henry Mackenzie that results in a very pretty minor-piece mate. Focus on… How White tears open Black’s defences and holds the initiative with threat after threat, ending in a gorgeous sacrifice and mate. *Like what you hear? * Sign up for the free foundational Master Skill Series to jumpstart your visualization journey here: https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/visualization