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:

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 exf4 6. Nf3 d6 7. Na4 Bg4 8. Nxc5 dxc5 9. Bxf4 Nd4 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Qxg5 13. Bxg5+ Kg6 14. Qxg4 1-0

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. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Bd2 Qh4 5. e3 0-0 6. Nf3 *

And the answer is...
Black's move 4... Qh4 is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the Knight on f6.

Today we have a bonus exercise for you! We'll get back to our regular schedule in a couple weeks when we're out of crunch time on the new website build. Enjoy the extra exercises in the meantime.

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/r1k5/1ppN4/P1P5/KR6 b - - 0 1

And the answer is...
1... Rxa2#