🧠 Arrbiterrr! (Illegal Move Exercise)

About this episode

This episode guides listeners through identifying an illegal move in a chess game exercise.

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. 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: e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nd5 Bc5 5. Bc4 0-0 * And the answer is... White's move 4. Nd5 is illegal because the Knight cannot jump there from f3, and the other Knight is still on b1.

People in this episode

Host: Aiden Rayner

Topics covered

• illegal moves
• chess exercises
• game analysis
• visualization
• chess strategy

Keywords

• illegal move
• chess
• exercise
• visualization
• game moves

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Don't Move Until You See It

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