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When and why was en passant invented? - Chess Stack Exchange From Wikipedia: Allowing the en passant capture is one of the last major rule changes in European chess that occurred between 1200 and 1600, together with the introduction of the two-square first move for pawns, castling, and the unlimited range for queens and bishops (Davidson 1949:14,16,57) Spanish master Ruy López de Segura gives the rule in his 1561 book Libro de la invencion liberal y
Why is en passant only possible on the first opportunity? The en passant option exists only for the intermediate move (the one in which black either captures or passes) because that's the only move where the pawn is in the right location to be captured
Why is en passant hardly heard of? - Chess Stack Exchange En passant is a move in chess It is a special pawn capture that can only occur immediately after a pawn makes a double-step move from its starting square, and it could have been captured by an enemy pawn had it advanced only one square
rules - En Passant Checkmate - Chess Stack Exchange I made a check with a pawn that was subject to an en passant movement The check led to a checkmate, but the rules at chess com didn't count it as a checkmate but let the opponent make his move He
Why cant a piece (that isnt a pawn) capture en passant? En passant is, for a lack of a better word, an ugly rule It does not flow logically from the "fundamental" rules of chess - it is an exception that serves a specific purpose: to prevent players from forcing walled positions with their pawns, effectively killing any activity in the game (at least, that is my understanding)
How do you use en passant? - Chess Stack Exchange The capture en passant is about capturing the opponent's pawn that just moved two steps forward Don't worry about memorizing which n-th row it is If your opponent's pawn moved two steps forward, and ended up in the side of your pawn, you can then capture that pawn as if it had moved only one square
When is it possible to carry out the En Passant manoeuvre? The en passant is subject to all the usual rules of chess So you cannot use it if it would be illegal to move your pawn (for example if your king is in check and the move would not get you out of check, or if the moving pawn is pinned to the king, etc ) It is part of the official rules of chess, and is absolutely allowed in tournaments
castling - Rules: How does right to castle and en passant get . . . For en passant this is totally practicable because it just means looking one move ahead Can the en passant actually be played or does a pin prevent it? Whether or not castling is actually playable may be complicated to determine by looking st the deeper future of the game
Why is en passant possibility recorded in FEN regardless of whether . . . If a pawn has just moved two squares ahead, one records the square right behind it in the part of FEN for recording en passant possibility, regardless of whether there is a pawn of the opposite color ready to make the capture
Two questions about how the en passant capture works In other words, is it possible to capture en passant twice with the same pawn? Scenario 2: As shown in the given side variation, is it actually possible to capture the black’s pawn on a later move?