illegal en passant?
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eytrycart
7 days ago
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I have a rule question. I am playing a bot and want to use an en passant pawn capture however it won’t allow me to make the move because my pawn will place the bot in check. Is this a rule that won’t allow the move or a glitch?
7 days ago
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No. There were probably another reason why you couldn't. But we need the game to tell you.
As said, would need to see the position.
Reasons why it would not be allowed. Capturing en passant results in putting your King in check. It is illegal because the pawn advanced only one square not 2 squares. If it moved 2 squares you did not capture immediately, but played another move/moves first, again illegal.
Right, I was thinking the pawn was pinned to your king maybe.
illegal en passant?
@RassadinCHess @Enriquito1234
Any move that follows the rules of chess and how the pieces are moved is legal. Any move that is attempted that violates the previous is illegal and cannot be played. illegal = Not Legal
illegal en passant? No, a illegal move which happens to be an attempted en passant
If the pawn is pinned to the King, and playing en passant would put the King in check -illegal move.
En passant can only be played when a pawn on its first move is moved two squares - a legal move as long as it does not put that players King in check.
If the pawn only moved one square it cannot be captured en passant because it violates the rule- an illegal move.
Capture by En passant must be done immediately which is a legal move. Trying to capture later is not a legal move.