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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:
Morozevich vs Gelfand (Corr., 2009)
6k1/1p1r1pp1/5n1p/1R1p4/P4P1r/1P2B3/5P1P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
PGN for today's exercise:
1... Rh5 2. Kg2 Ne4 3. Rd4 Rd6 *
And the answer is...
- Rxe4
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Chess Visualization with Aiden Rayner — 🧠🧠More-ozevich! (Hybrid Exercise). Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.
The following is a conceptualization training exercise from don't move until you see it. Completely exercise using only your mental board, pause and repeat as often as you need to. In this position, white has pawns on A4, B3, F2, F4 and H2. A king on G1, rooks on B5 and D1 and a bishop on E3. Black has pawns on B7, D5, F7, G7 and H6. A king on G8, rooks on D7 and H4 and a knight on F6.
From this position, on move 1, black plays rook H5, 2, king G2, knight E4, 3, rook D4. rook D6. What is the best move for white? If you haven't quite got it yet, pause as often as you need to.
If you want more exercises like this, head over to don't move until you see don't it. Here's to the journey.
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