🧠🧠🧠 Kotov's Tree (Opening Exercise)

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:
Botvinnik vs Kotov (Groningen, 1946)

1. 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 c5 8. f3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. e3 O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Kf2 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Nf4 Nf6 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. h3 Qd6 17. Rhb1 b6 18. Bf1 Re7 19. a4 Rae8 20. Re1 c4 21. g4 g5 22. Ne2 Rxe3 23. Ng3 { What is the best move for Black? } *

And the answer is...
23... Qxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Ne4+