🧠🧠🧠Herding Pieces (Hybrid Exercise)
Aug 03, 2025•2 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:
1rbr1k2/2R2ppp/4p3/8/1p2B2P/1P4P1/P4P2/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1... h6 2. Ra7 Bd7 3. Rc4 Be8 4. Kg2 Rd2 5. Bc6 Rc8 *
And the answer is...
- Ba4 Rxc4 (6... Rdd8 7. Rxb4) 7. Ra8
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