Episode Details

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:
Pumpkin_2004 vs freebird140001 (Lichess, 2022)

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 h6 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Bc4 Ng6 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Bb3 Bxb3 13. axb3 O-O 14. Be3 c6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nf5 Ne7 *

And the answer is...

1. Bxb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nxd6 Rd8 20. Nc4 (20. Nf5?? Nxf5 21. exf5 e4)