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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:
[White "Dibai, Jerry"] [Black "Brujin, Homero"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Nc6 9.c3 Qc7 10.Re1 e5 11.Qc2 b6 12.Nc4 Nd7 13.Ne3 Nf6 14.Nd5 Qd6 15.Rd1 Rd8 16.Bg5 h6 17.Nxf6+ 1-0
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🧠🧠🧠 Shawshank (Hybrid Exercise)
Hybrid Puzzle: 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, try to identify the best next move.
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FEN for today's exercise:
2b2rk1/1pr1qpbp/p1npp1p1/8/1PP1PP2/P3BN2/3QB1PP/2RR2K1 b - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
Jauregui Andrade vs Fischer (Santiago, 1959)
1... Rd7 2. b5 Nd8 3. Qb4 Re8 4. Rd2 f5 5. c5 d5 { What is the best move for White? } *
And the answer is...
6. c6 bxc6 (6... Qxb4 7. cxd7 and White wins a lot of material.) 7. Bc5 Qf6 8. e5 Qf7 9. Ng5 and the black Queen is trapped.
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🧠 Bail Out (Hybrid Exercise)
Hybrid Puzzle: 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, try to identify the best next move.
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FEN for today's exercise:
3R4/8/8/8/3pk3/8/3p3r/3K4 w - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1. Ra8 Ke3 2. Ra3+ d3 { How does White save a draw here? } *
And the answer is...
3. Rxd3+ Kxd3 Stalemate.
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🧠 Double Take (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 illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move.
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PGN for today's exercise:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6.Qd1 Nf6 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 *
And the answer is...
Black's move 5...Nc6 is illegal because the Knight got exchanged on the previous move.
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🧠🧠 First Thing's First (Hybrid Exercise)
Hybrid Puzzle: 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, try to identify the best next move.
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FEN for today's exercise:
8/kp6/p1p2p2/3r4/1P1b1pPR/P2R1K2/5P2/8 w - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1. Rh5 Be5 2. Rxd5 cxd5 3. Rxe5 fxe5 4. g5 d4 { What is the best move for White? } *
And the answer is...
5. Ke4, 5. Ke2, stopping the Black pawns before pushing their own.
5. g6 would be bad due to 5... d3 6. g7 e4+ 7. Kxf4 d2 8. g8=Q d1=Q and the game will probably end in a draw.
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