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🧠🧠🧠 Intel Athlete (Opening Exercise)

Jan 22, 2026•2 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:

  1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f4 e6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 h6 12. Bh4 Nxe4 *

And the answer is...

  1. Bxe7 Nxc3 (13... Qxe7 14. Nxe4) 14. Bh7+ Kh8 (14... Kxh7 15. Qd3+ Kg8 16. Bxd8) 15. Qxd6
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