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:
Tal vs Hjartarson (Reykjavik, 1987)
- e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rac8 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 g6 20. Bd2 axb4 21. axb4 Qb7 22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Nc2 Nh5 24. Be3 Ra8 25. Qd2 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 f5 27. Bh6 Ng7 28. Nb3 f4 29. Na5 Qb6 30. Rc1 Ra8 31. Qc2 Nce8 32. Qb3 Bf6 33. Nc6 Nh5 34. Qb2 Bg7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. Rc5 Qa6 37. Rxb5 Nc7 38. Rb8 Qxd3 39. Ncxe5 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Ra1 41. Ng4+ Kf7 42. Nh6+ Ke7 43. Ng8+ { 1-0 } *