🧠🧠Pasta Ala Pin (Opening Exercise)
Feb 05, 2026•3 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:
Abdulraqeb vs Ibrahim2611 (Lichess, 2023)
- e4 c5 2. c3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. d5 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 *
And the answer is...
12... Qa5+
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