Have you ever used "en passant" in a real game?

 Profound statement! We few posters have figured out the best way to play chess. If this gets out I'm sure we'll all be made GMs.

yes I didn't count how many times, I used "en passant" in real otb games. But I think more than 5 times. 

lol

That's why I fianchetto them all.

Once so far, in 20-odd games.

How different chess would be without the pawn two move rule and 'en passant'. I would guess I use the 'en passant' on average, in less than twenty percent of games played. Maybe less than ten percent?

I have captured en passant, and I have allowed opponents to capture en passant on occasion.

Several years ago, I played a game of chess on a different server. I was losing the endgame badly, and I needed counterplay quickly. I had the Black pieces, and I played h7-h5, bypassing his Pawn on g5. I well knew that many players either don't know the rule about en passant at all or don't understand it very well. If my opponent in this game didn't capture my h5-Pawn en passant, I would easily win the game. As it was, he played hxg6ep, and I resigned. It was worth a shot.

I put my opponent in a position where he had to play the very best move. If he hadn't known about en passant at all, he wouldn't have played it and would have found his inevitable loss very frustrating. To his credit, he knew the rule and played the best move.

I do not agree that en passant is almost always a good idea, although I understand the reasoning behind this. I speculate that this advice is best applied to the middlegame and endgame.

However, perhaps often in the opening, en passant is wisely held off. Take the following opening:

i agree with BrendanJG. castling, stupid? you need some work on your chess skills.

anways, i have en-passanted in a few games, i forgot...

Yes, I have, unless you're talking about Immanuel Kant who was a real pissant who was very rarely stable: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1MgCV6uGuc

Everyone plays by the same rules.  If ÈP`exists, it is meant to be used. 

 I "j'adoubed" once, as I adjusted the position of a rook, and then moved my other rook.  The woman I was playing against had no idea what I had said, tried to enforce the touch move rule on me, and was very upset when the TD ruled in my favor.  She had told the director I had not said, "adjust" before touching the first rook.  I told the director, "I said 'j'adoube'", and he took my side (of course). 

After that, I have decided to throw tradition to the wind, and stick with English, although the temptation is occasionally very strong to say, "Shah mat!".

And in the very same tournament in which I "j'adoubed", I took a pawn en passant.  I've done it a couple of times.

What's en passant?

French castling. We already covered this, noob.

 It's a special rule only premium members can use, it's  similar to the secret code they get to take back moves if their opponent is offline and hasn't seen it yet.

(short pause allowed for laughter to subside)

maybe once.

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Capturing En Passant is as common as castling I can't believe the comments from people who think it's some weird move that only comes up once every century or something.