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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:

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. e3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Bd2 Bxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O *

And the answer is...
White’s move 6. Nxe4 is illegal because the Knight is pinned to the White king by the bishop on b4.