🧠🧠 Mom's Spaghetti (Find the Blunder Exercise)
From Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner by Don't Move Until You See It
June 4, 2026 · 3 min
About this episode
This episode features a blunder exercise in chess where listeners are challenged to find a mistake and the best response.
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: Adapted from the game George H. Wolbrecht vs Victor Alderson (Memphis, 1914). e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Nxe5 Bd7 7. Nxf7 Kxf7 8. Qh5+ Ke6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 g6 11. Re1+ Kf7 12. Bg5 gxh5 13. Bxd8 Rxd8 14. Rab1 Bd6 15. Be2 Bg4 * And the answer is... Qxd5+ Kg7 13. Bg5
People in this episode
Host: Aiden Rayner
Topics covered
- chess
- blunder exercise
- game analysis
- visualization
- strategy
Keywords
- chess
- blunder
- exercise
- visualization
- strategy
- game analysis
- punishment
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Don't Move Until You See It
Books & works: George H. Wolbrecht vs Victor Alderson
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