Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/3q4/8/8/1P2k3/1PK5/2R5 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Qd3#

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:
8/8/3q4/3k4/8/1K2B3/2P1N3/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

1. c4+ Ke5 *

And the answer is...

1. Bf4+

Game Exercise: Close your eyes and follow along with an entire Chess game using the audio below. On each move, try to conceptualize the position clearly and understand how it has changed. Try to follow the game until the end to stretch the amount of moves you can see ahead.

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Von Alvensleben, Wolfram"] [Black "Mihalko, Jozsef"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e4 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 d5 6.e5 Qd7 7.O-O Ba6 8.Bxa6 Nxa6 9.Na3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bxa3 11.bxa3 Ne7 12.a4 Rc8 13.Ba3 Rc4 14.Rc1 Qxa4 15.Qd3 b5 16.Bxe7 Kxe7 17.Rc3 Rxc3 18.Qxc3 Qc4 19.Qa5 Qc6 20.h4 Rc8 21.Qa3+ b4 22.Qd3 h6 23.h5 Nc7 24.g4 Qc3 25.Qe2 a6 26.Rd1 Nb5 27.Kg2 Rc4 28.Rd3 Qc1 29.Nd2 Rc3 30.Nb3 Qb1 31.Rd2 Rc4 32.f3 Nc3 33.Qe3 Nxa2 34.g5 Rc3 35.Qe2 Qxb3 36.Rxa2 hxg5 37.Rxa6 Rc2 0-1

Game Exercise: Close your eyes and follow along with an entire Chess game using the audio below. On each move, try to conceptualize the position clearly and understand how it has changed. Try to follow the game until the end to stretch the amount of moves you can see ahead.

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PGN for today's exercise:
sirkhay vs giasson (Lichess blitz, 2025)

1. 1. f4 g6 2. e3 f5 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. c3 O-O 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nf3 Qe8 10. Bc4+ d5 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Ne4 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Rf3 g5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rg3 Qd7 19. Bd2 c5 20. Qe2 b6 21. a3 Rf7 22. h4 g4 23. Kh2 h5 24. Qd1 Raf8 25. Qc2 Bd5 26. c4 Bb7 27. Bc3 Rf2 28. Qb3 e6 29. dxc5 Qe7 30. cxb6 Qxh4+ 31. Kg1 Qxg3 0-1

Position Exercise: The audio will tell you where each of the pieces on the board are and whose turn it is. Find the best move!

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FEN for today's exercise:
8/8/8/8/1B6/8/p7/k1K5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1. Bc3#

Find the Blunder Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. One player will blunder and the other will not punish them for it. Can you find the blunder and the best punishment?

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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the game Cris Spencer vs Walter M. Buehl (US Open, 2004).

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 *

And the answer is...

1. Ne5 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 Kd8 15. Bxd7

Game Exercise: Close your eyes and follow along with an entire Chess game using the audio below. On each move, try to conceptualize the position clearly and understand how it has changed. Try to follow the game until the end to stretch the amount of moves you can see ahead.

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PGN for today's exercise:
[White "Bernhard Horwitz"] [Black "Ludwig Bledow"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 Qe7 6.d5 Nd8 7.Be2 d6 8.h3 f5 9.Bg5 Nf6 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Nh4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Bxf2+ 14.Kf1 Ng3# 0-1

Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move.

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PGN for today's exercise:

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. Bc4 0-0 *

And the answer is...
White's move 4. Nd5 is illegal because the Knight cannot jump there from f3, and the other Knight is still on b1.