Find the Blunder Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. One player will blunder and the other will not punish them for it. Can you find the blunder and the best punishment?
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PGN for today's exercise:
Adapted from the game Alexandra Kosteniuk vs Dan Gannon (US Open, 2004).
- d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. f3 c5 12. e4 Qxd4+ 13. Qxd4 cxd4 14. Nd1 Bg6 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. b3 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 *
And the answer is...
- Na2! attacks both Bishops at the same time.