Podcast Episodes

🧠 Thinking with Portals (Illegal Move Exercise)

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 ille…

1 month ago

🧠 Omnipotence (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…

1 month ago

🧠🧠 Miss Zhu (Awareness Exercise)

Awareness Exercise: Listen to the locations of all the pieces in the position, then answer the questions to test your awareness.

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1 month, 1 week ago

🧠🧠 Slip of the Thumb (Find the Blunder Exercise)

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…

1 month, 1 week ago

🧠 Two Rooks > Queen (Hybrid Exercise)

Hybrid Exercise: 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, tr…

1 month, 1 week ago

🧠 Development Is the Most Important Thing (Opening Exercise)

Opening Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. At a certain point, one player will make a mistake …

1 month, 1 week ago

🧠 Layers Upon Layers of Pressure (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 clea…

1 month, 2 weeks ago

🧠 Pair o' Bishops (Position Exercise)

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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1 month, 2 weeks ago

🧠 Greco Beats the Philidor Defense (Opening Exercise)

Opening Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. At a certain point, one player will make a mistake …

1 month, 2 weeks ago

🧠 Nepo Dismisses the Class (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 clea…

1 month, 2 weeks ago