🧠🧠🧠Crowded Intersection (Opening Exercise)
Jun 08, 2025•4 min
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Episode description
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:
- d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. Bd3 Qa5 10. O-O Bxa6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bd2 Rfb8 13. a4 Qb6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Nb5 Ne8 16. Bc3 Qb7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qc3+ f6 19. b3 Nc7 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Rfb1 Rb4 22. Nd2 Rab8 23. f3 Qb7 24. Ra3 Qa6 25. Nc4 *
And the answer is...
25... Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. bxc4 Rxb1
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