🧠 Anand in the Closed Sicilian (Opening Exercise)

About this episode

This episode guides listeners through an opening exercise in chess, focusing on a game involving Viswanathan Anand and challenging them to find a punishing move.

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. To learn more about Don't Move Until You See It and get the free 5-day Conceptualizing Chess Series , head over to https://dontmoveuntilyousee.it/conceptualization PGN for today's exercise: [White "Viswanathan Anand"] [Black "NN"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 e5 4. Nd5 Nge7 5. Nec3 a6 6. a4 g6 * And the answer is... Nf6#

People in this episode

Host: Aiden Rayner

Topics covered

• chess
• Sicilian Defense
• opening exercise
• game strategy
• visualization

Keywords

• chess
• Anand
• Sicilian
• opening exercise
• visualization
• game moves
• strategy

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