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🧠🧠 Looks Ok Until... (Hybrid Exercise)

Feb 21, 2024•4 min
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Episode description

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:
6k1/pB3ppp/6n1/8/8/6PP/qP3P2/3Q2K1 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

  1. Qd4 Qb3 2. Bd5 Qb8 3. Bc4 Ne5 4. Bd5 Qd6 5. Qe4 g6

And the answer is...

  1. f4 { and the game may continue with } Qb6+ (6... Nd7 7. Qe8+ Qf8 (7... Nf8 8. Qxf7+ Kh8 9. Qg8#) 8. Qxd7) 7. Kh1 Qxb2 8. Qxe5

Whatever happens, White is coming out with a major advantage!

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