diff --git a/advent/2022/day09/rope01.py b/advent/2022/day09/rope01.py
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+from typing import Dict, Iterator, List, NamedTuple, Optional, Tuple
+
+
+class Command(NamedTuple):
+    direction: str
+    iterations: int
+
+
+class Position(NamedTuple):
+    up: Optional["Position"]
+    down: Optional["Position"]
+
+    left: Optional["Position"]
+    right: Optional["Position"]
+
+    head: bool = False
+    tail: bool = False
+    visited: bool = False
+
+    def move(self, direction: str) -> "Position":
+        moved_to: Optional[Position] = None
+        self.head = False
+        match direction:
+            case ["left"]:
+                moved_to = self.left
+            case ["right"]:
+                moved_to = self.right
+            case ["up"]:
+                moved_to = self.up
+            case ["down"]:
+                moved_to = self.down
+
+        moved_to.head = True
+
+        return moved_to
+
+
+def resolve(start_position: Position, data: Iterator[Command]) -> int:
+    current_position = start_position
+    for command in data:
+        for _ in range(command.iterations):
+            current_position = current_position.move(command.direction)
+    return 0
+
+
+def parse_raw_data(raw_data: str) -> Iterator[Command]:
+    rows = list(map(lambda x: x.split(" "), filter(None, raw_data.split("\n"))))
+    for direction, iterations in rows:
+        yield Command(direction=direction, iterations=iterations)
+
+
+def make_board(x: int, y: int, start: Tuple[int, int]) -> Optional[Position]:
+    start_x, start_y = start
+    positions: List[List[Position]] = [[[None]*6]*5]
+    current_position: Optional[Position] = None
+    for i in range(x):
+        for j in range(y):
+            head_tail = i == start_x and j == start_y
+            current_position = Position(visited=True, head=head_tail, tail=head_tail)
+            left = positions[i-1][j]
+            up = positions[i][j-1]
+
+            left.right = current_position
+            up.down = current_position
+
+            current_position.left = left
+            current_position.up = up
+
+            positions[i][j] = current_position
+    return current_position
+
+
+raw_data1 = """
+R 4
+U 4
+L 3
+D 1
+R 4
+D 1
+L 5
+R 2
+"""
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parsed_data = parse_raw_data(raw_data=raw_data1)
+    if start_position := make_board(6, 5):
+        print(resolve(start_position, parsed_data))