diff --git a/Board0x88Config.php b/Board0x88Config.php
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diff --git a/CHESS_JSON.php b/CHESS_JSON.php
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diff --git a/DGTGameParser.php b/DGTGameParser.php
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diff --git a/FenParser0x88.php b/FenParser0x88.php
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diff --git a/GameParser.php b/GameParser.php
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diff --git a/MoveBuilder.php b/MoveBuilder.php
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diff --git a/PgnGameParser.php b/PgnGameParser.php
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diff --git a/PgnParser.php b/PgnParser.php
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index dc7e244..89b7fb0
--- a/PgnParser.php
+++ b/PgnParser.php
@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ class PgnParser
     {
         if ($pgnFile) {
             $this->pgnFile = $this->sanitize($pgnFile);
+
+            if(!file_exists($this->pgnFile)){
+                throw new Exception("File not found: ". $this->pgnFile);
+            }
+            
         }
+
         $this->_fullParsing = $fullParsing;
         $this->gameParser = new GameParser();
         $this->pgnGameParser = new PgnGameParser();
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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diff --git a/autoload.php b/autoload.php
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diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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diff --git a/test/ParserTest.php b/test/ParserTest.php
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diff --git a/test/pgn/1001-brilliant-checkmates.pgn b/test/pgn/1001-brilliant-checkmates.pgn
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diff --git a/test/pgn/problematic.pgn b/test/pgn/problematic.pgn
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diff --git a/test/pgn/problematic2.pgn b/test/pgn/problematic2.pgn
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