🧠 Minor Panic (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: c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a3 Be7 6. b4 Nf6 7. Bb2 0-0 * And the answer is... Black's move 5... Be7 is illegal because the d6-pawn is in the way.

People in this episode

Host: Aiden Rayner

Topics covered

• illegal moves
• chess exercises
• game analysis
• visualization
• problem solving

Keywords

• chess
• illegal move
• exercise
• visualization
• game analysis

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Organizations: Don't Move Until You See It

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