🧠🧠First Thing's First (Hybrid Exercise)
Mar 19, 2025•3 min
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Episode description
Hybrid Puzzle:Â 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:
- Rh5 Be5 2. Rxd5 cxd5 3. Rxe5 fxe5 4. g5 d4 { What is the best move for White? } *
And the answer is...
- Ke4, 5. Ke2, stopping the Black pawns before pushing their own.
- 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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