KuracUPasteti wrote:
Please explain how this move works??? He somehow took my pawn with his pawn even though that's not how pawns take???
En passant
https://support.chess.com/article/683-what-is-en-passant
I don't understand how this move works?
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Martin_Stahl wrote:
KuracUPasteti wrote:
Please explain how this move works??? He somehow took my pawn with his pawn even though that's not how pawns take???
En passant
I'm still a beginner and this is very helpful to know. Thank you! 
Almost all the rules of chess are pretty intuitive, but there are 3 exertions: Stalemate, Castling, and the en passant capture. There are good reason for these rules, but you need to learn them
Laskersnephew wrote:
Almost all the rules of chess are pretty intuitive, but there are 3 exertions: Stalemate, Castling, and the en passant capture. There are good reason for these rules, but you need to learn them
Will do! Thank you!
Awesome !
Fun fact: if you google "weird pawn move", that also works.
Laskersnephew wrote:
Almost all the rules of chess are pretty intuitive, but there are 3 exertions: Stalemate, Castling, and the en passant capture. There are good reason for these rules, but you need to learn them
A fourth, actually, is promotion of a pawn. A minority of players believe that a pawn can promote to a piece only if the piece has previously been captured (eg. no two queens of the same colour exist on the board).
You may well be right. I have never encountered that particular misconception, but it sounds plausible.\
Laskersnephew wrote:
You may well be right. I have never encountered that particular misconception, but it sounds plausible.\
Actually, I myself am guilty of another one. When I newly learned en passant (after getting over "why did that pawn get to the illegal square"), I had thought that en passant can only be done once per game - that is, once I made an en passant move with a pawn, I could not do a second one with a different pawn in the same game.
Dec 29, 2022
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It's called en pessant in French, in English we call it "In Passing" - this is when your pawn moves two squares, where, a pawn next to it can capture 'in passing'.
This trick isn't learned until the higher level games and isn't nescessary at the low-elo levels. It would be like putting a Honda boat rudder on your car - IT MAKES NO SENSE
eric0022 wrote:
Laskersnephew wrote:
Almost all the rules of chess are pretty intuitive, but there are 3 exertions: Stalemate, Castling, and the en passant capture. There are good reason for these rules, but you need to learn them
A fourth, actually, is promotion of a pawn. A minority of players believe that a pawn can promote to a piece only if the piece has previously been captured (eg. no two queens of the same colour exist on the board).
We played that way as kids just because we only had one chess set and no extra pieces.
Dec 30, 2022
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SFLovett wrote:
eric0022 wrote:
Laskersnephew wrote:
Almost all the rules of chess are pretty intuitive, but there are 3 exertions: Stalemate, Castling, and the en passant capture. There are good reason for these rules, but you need to learn them
A fourth, actually, is promotion of a pawn. A minority of players believe that a pawn can promote to a piece only if the piece has previously been captured (eg. no two queens of the same colour exist on the board).
We played that way as kids just because we only had one chess set and no extra pieces.
It's always fun to come up with creative ways to play games, especially when you don't have all of the necessary pieces. It's great to see that you and your friends were able to find a way to play chess and have fun, even if it wasn't the traditional way. Many people enjoy playing chess in different ways, such as with larger chess sets or with modified rules. The important thing is to have fun and enjoy the game.
Please explain how this move works??? He somehow took my pawn with his pawn even though that's not how pawns take???