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The same drill with the starting position set up, so names attach to pieces.
What it trains
The same reflex with the armies on the board. Names attach to pieces and pawns, the way they do in a real game: finding g7 beside a castled king is a different act from finding it on an empty grid.
How to use it
Same rules as the empty board: thirty seconds, three mistakes. If the empty board has become comfortable, this is the next step.
The step after this one is a real game: name the square of every capture to yourself before you play it.
The other drills
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