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/kn6/8/1P6/1KB5 w - - 0 1

And the answer is...

1. b3+

Lost Piece Exercise: The audio will tell you the position of most of the pieces on the board. Can you work out where the missing piece is meant to be?

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FEN for today's exercise:
r1r2nk1/3q2p1/pp1bp1Q1/3p2Pp/3Pn2P/1N6/PP3P2/K2NR1R1 b - - 2 1

And the answer is...
Be3

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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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 a6 9. Na3 Be6 10. O-O h5 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. h4 Ng4 13. Rad1 Bxg5 13. hxg5 h4 14. gxh4 Rxh4 15. c5 d5 16. Nxd5 *

And the answer is...
White's move 13. Rad1 is illegal because the white Queen is on d1.

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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. b4 e5 2. Bb2 Bxb4 3. Bxe5 Nf6 4. c3 Be7 5. e3 c5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. d5 Ne7 9. c4 *

And the answer is...
9... Bxa1

A quick lesson in conceptualization from Aiden at Don’t Move Until You See It.

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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:
5b1k/6pp/8/8/6R1/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1

PGN for today's exercise:

1. Kf4 g6 2. Rg5 *

And the answer is...
2... Bh6