I have a little query:
I think it's called something like en passant. It's where a pawn take another piece by moving 2 moves forward, taking it past the piece, then going diagonal and the piece is taken. Soemthing like that anyway.
How does it work and what's the proper name?
Many thanks for any advice (relating to this topic).
The light has gone on over my head! Many thanks for helping me understand this strange rule.
Apart from "Castling" (swapping King and Rook over which I do understand) and en passant, are there any other strange rules which allow pieces to move in odd ways in certain situations?
Thanks again
Just the various rules behind castling.
1. can't castle out of check (or into of course)
2. can't castle through check.
3. Once the king has moved, castling is no longer an option.
4. And the obvious, can't castle with any pieces between king and rook. The only place this may not be so obvious is on the queen side.
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