i use this all the time...trick your opponent in to moving a pawn two spaces, and then En Passant...two moves left for a new queen.  :)

Ah, the French. Personally, I find very few positions where this move really matters, but I did play one game where this move saved my queen from certain death by pawns!

Ah the French. I played one game where this move saved my queen from certain death by pawn! Ha Ha, yeah 14yearold, 4/5 guys told me I was cheating and called me an idiot when I played this move at scout outings, 1/2 people thinking I was cheating wouldn't believe me when I said it was a real move and made me take it back; I still beat them, LOL!

I became aware of En passant when I played my first computer 20 years ago. I then thought ( I don't even know how the pieces move.)  This thought drove me to the library to learn more about the game I enjoy.

This rule is very annoying sometimes.

The rule is not valid in first case nor in 2nd.

It's only valid immediatly after the pawn moves TWO squares, passing through a square where you could capture it. The attacking pawn must be in the 5th row and the defending pawn must had just moved 2 squares.

I did not know what happened when my friend used this move against me in my current game - now I finally understand it!

life's full of surprises!  this just caused me losing a certain win.....I too thought it was a bug in the system....Really must use this trick on another clueless victim  

I know this before

what's the notation look like for it??

   Befoe I learned en passant airtight and rock solid (which I did rather recently because of the hugh time ga)ps in my chess playing and practicing) I would do en passant backwards when he got the pawn to his fifth rank and my pawn would be on my fourth rank then I would pull it on him-big time ILLEGAL MOVE!

> How do you enter the move into Chess.com?

Move the pawn to the destination square. The captured pawn will automatically be removed from the board. Same with castling: move the king to the destination square, the rook will automatically be repositioned.

I had no idea.  I thought it was a bug in the game :)

just seen this in use for the first time. lucky enough that my opponent told me the name of the rule. searched it straight away.....well worth knowing!

i get accused of cheating all the time because of this rule! I even won a bet because of it!!

yep emailed chess.com and satd it was a computer error it came back with the full explanation en passant rule lol

i'm french and its "prise en passant!"

it should banned

this move must have been invinted or rather made up by a cheater in a game with a player of weak personality

 so weak that he couldn't argue with the cheater about this ludicrous unfamiliar bizarre new rule that he just made up.

I thought I am the only one at the receiving end of this move, it felt better when I saw that I had friends here who have lost games due to this dreaded move.

The reason I call it dreaded, is because it takes away the equality I presumed all the pawns have.

Hiowever, I thank chess.com for their quick response and for having enlightened me about this rule. Cheers!!!

when i was at nationals, someone tried to do en passant on a knight!!!

lol.