🧠Hop the Fence (Illegal Move Exercise)
Nov 09, 2025•2 min
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Episode description
Illegal Move Exercise: The audio will lead you through a series of moves from the beginning of a game. Somewhere in there, a player will make an illegal move but the game will continue anyway. Find the illegal move.
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PGN for today's exercise:
- e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qf4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 *
And the answer is...
White's move 4. Qf4 is illegal, because the e4-pawn is in the way.
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