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1st May 2009, 10:28pm
#1
by chriz01
dallas United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 131

ok you chess players.i was playing a guy the other night,as we were playing he moved a pawn past my line.then he took my pawn that mirrored his. my ??? is has any 1 ever play or seen a PASS PAWN RULE??   thank u

                              CHRIS

1st May 2009, 10:34pm
#2
by WanderingWinder
United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 1109

You aren't real clear here, but I think what you're referring to is en passant.

Basically, if a pawn uses its initial move to move two spaces, and there's an opposing pawn which could have taken it if it had only moved one, then for that turn only, that opposing pawn can capture it as if it had only moved one square.

1st May 2009, 10:36pm
#3
by RazaAdeel
Lahore Pakistan
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 476

It would be legal if it happened. You should check en passant rule (which many beginners don't know).

1st May 2009, 10:59pm
#4
by Bdsr
New Zealand
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 170

of course he's talking about en passant, the pawn past his line means one on the 5th rank, and then his opponent took one of his pawns en passant the next turn.

1st May 2009, 11:30pm
#5
by moaz
Bangladesh
Member Since: Jun 2008
Member Points: 186

yeah its en passant allrite.

2nd May 2009, 02:10am
#6
by ivandh
A Man of the World International
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 6979

Bdsr, I don't know, I think he's referring to the commonly confused rule of taking the mirror pawn when crossing the twenty-yard line, when everyone knows it is the ten-yard line.

10th November 2009, 09:36pm
#7
by NateSwordwalker
Colorado Springs United States
Member Since: Nov 2009
Member Points: 14

I learned the En Passant move from my dad, and when I play my friends I have to constantly show them that the En Passant is legal.

 

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