Unfair Gameplay – Technical Error

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VurgunGurbanov

Dear Chess Team,

During a recent game, on the 24th move, my opponent advanced their pawn to f5. I attempted to capture this pawn diagonally with my pawn on g6 by moving to f7, but the system incorrectly prevented the capture. This resulted in a loss of time on my clock, allowing my opponent to gain an unfair advantage. I believe this constitutes an unjust outcome, as the rules of chess clearly permit such a diagonal pawn capture.

I kindly request that you:

Restore my rating points lost due to this technical issue.

Notify the opposing player about the error to ensure fair play awareness.

Thank you for addressing this matter promptly. I trust your platform will uphold the integrity of the game by resolving such discrepancies.

Martin_Stahl
kanielloutis wrote:

Dear Chess Team,

During a recent game, on the 24th move, my opponent advanced their pawn to f5. I attempted to capture this pawn diagonally with my pawn on g6 by moving to f7, but the system incorrectly prevented the capture. This resulted in a loss of time on my clock, allowing my opponent to gain an unfair advantage. I believe this constitutes an unjust outcome, as the rules of chess clearly permit such a diagonal pawn capture.

I kindly request that you:

Restore my rating points lost due to this technical issue.

Notify the opposing player about the error to ensure fair play awareness.

Thank you for addressing this matter promptly. I trust your platform will uphold the integrity of the game by resolving such discrepancies.

That's not the way en passant works. A pawn on its 5th rank can capture a pawn that makes its initial two-step move on an adjacent file can capture as if the pawn had only moved one square.

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8557558-what-is-en-passant-it-s-not-an-illegal-pawn-move

VurgunGurbanov

This is a rare situation and since I didn't know, my mind stayed there until the end of the game, in my opinion, this was not a fair match at all.

VurgunGurbanov

Hello dear chess com team, this account makes cheat by playing with a double account in the 4-player chess game. Such accounts are not good for chess.

the account name is: [removed]

ToastBread_1
VurgunGurbanov wrote:

Hello dear chess com team, this account makes cheat by playing with a double account in the 4-player chess game. Such accounts are not good for chess.

the account name is: removed

If you think someone is cheating, report them privately.

And public accusations are not allowed.

https://www.chess.com/legal/community

RookedOnChess

Agreed. It is best to report these issues privately. You can first contact support: https://www.chess.com/home?help=show

Click on "Contact Support" and you'll be brought to this page, then go from there:

Stormy-Boy-2007
My friend, you do not know how en passant works.
Stormy-Boy-2007
Oh wait, the problem has been resolved. I didn’t see that. Please ignore me being a classic American and not reading everything.
prashantsrikanth
VurgunGurbanov wrote:

This is a rare situation and since I didn't know, my mind stayed there until the end of the game, in my opinion, this was not a fair match at all.

Look, just because YOU do not now the subtleties of the en passant, it doesn't mean the game is rigged

VurgunGurbanov

passant is old topic, I understand that. Please forgive me for not knowing passant, Mr. GM prashantsrikanth

blueemu
VurgunGurbanov wrote:

passant is old topic...

Passent is passé?

clo_stz

I'm sorry, but I don't get how the en passant move works. Could someone please explain, I read the article but didn’t understand how the capture works.

blueemu
clo_stz wrote:

I'm sorry, but I don't get how the en passant move works. Could someone please explain, I read the article but didn’t understand how the capture works.