A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.
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🧠 Barmen Defense Error (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 and it’ll be your job to find the move to punish it.
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PGN for today's exercise:
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qxd4 *
And the answer is...
9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qxd4
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⚡ Pattern Overrides (Quick Lesson)
A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.
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🧠 Absolute (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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O *
And the answer is...
White’s move 6. Nxe4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned to the White king by the bishop on b4.
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🧠🧠🧠 Endgames Are Hard (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:
3r4/2p2k2/8/2p1P3/p1P2K2/Pp6/1P5R/8 b - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rd4+ 2. Kf5 Rxc4 3. e6+ Kg7 *
And the answer is...
4. Rh8 Kxh8 5. e7
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