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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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 d6 7. 0-0 Bd7 *

And the answer is...
White's move 6. Qxd4 is illegal because the Queen is blocked by the Bishop on d3.