🧠🧠 Polgar vs Mecking (Game Exercise)

About this episode

This episode features a guided chess game exercise to enhance visualization skills.

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. 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 "Judit Polgar"] [Black "Henrique Mecking"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Rxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Qc6 15. Qe2+ Kd7 16. Bxf6 Bd6 17. Qd1 Re8 18. Bh3 b5 19. Rg1 Bb7 20. g6 Kc7 21. Bg2 Qc4 22. Bxb7 Bf4+ 23. Kb1 Kxb7 24. gxh7 1-0

People in this episode

Host: Aiden Rayner

Topics covered

• chess
• game exercise
• visualization
• strategic thinking
• conceptualization

Keywords

• chess game
• visualization
• Judit Polgar
• Henrique Mecking
• exercise
• strategic thinking

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