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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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/8/8/2K5/1RR5/k7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1. Rc1#

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:

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Nc6 5. Nxg4 { 0-1 Black resigned. } *

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 and it’ll be your job to find the move to punish it.

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Bill Gates"] [Black "Magnus Carlsen"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qh5 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Ne5 8. hxg4 Nfxg4 9. Nxe5 *

And the answer is...
9... Qh2#

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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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/Q7/3p4/8/p1K5/k7 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1. Qe1#

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?

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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the game George H. Wolbrecht vs Victor Alderson (Memphis, 1914).

1. 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...

1. Qxd5+ Kg7 13. Bg5

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 and it’ll be your job to find the move to punish it.

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Gioachino Greco"] [Black "NN"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Qf6 3. Bc4 Qg6 4. O-O Qxe4 5. Bxf7+ Ke7 6. Re1 Qf4 7. Rxe5+ Kd8 *

And the answer is...

1. Re8#

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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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/3q4/8/8/1P2k3/1PK5/2R5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qd3#

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:
8/8/3q4/3k4/8/1K2B3/2P1N3/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

1. c4+ Ke5 *

And the answer is...

1. Bf4+