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Getting rid of En Passant
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The knight's move makes perfect sense.
It's got to be able to leap out over the pawns so it can singlehandedly take out the opponents king while his own army sleeps.
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kaynight wrote:
Ho! Ho ! Pot, kettle, black !!
Man this one was great! 
Wish I was there too...
Kasporov_Jr wrote:
this isnt trolling, this is just plain annoying. at least with trolling you piss of people & get to laugh, this is just spamming unoriginal posts with no value.
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May 5, 2014
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#29
Well, now this time I disagree with pawnstogo (sorry pawns). You can use it win/advance pawns from alotta players (without an OTB Rating of course) 'cuz they don't know the rule....at least that's what my friend Patrick Ortreat says.
May 5, 2014
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#30
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Hawksteinman wrote:
I don't like it. BTW, I don't have an official ITB rating...
You can't stop me...
I am also very sorry to interrupt but I thought to say that demonstrations of games to be played would be something wonderful for evolution and interesting to see without the rule. I have never played a game without.
No, don't get rid of it. It would lead to even more draws because the pawns would get locked up more.
Let's get rid of castling. Then sht would really get real.
Yeah guys! Lets tell the developers of chess. This is not fair! Maybe a new chess update?
*YES THIS IS A JOKE*
Nov 15, 2022
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#36
JJRSChess wrote:
En Passent is necessary. It’s a great Rule.
Yeah, I agree, it keeps other pawns from passing you.
Dec 31, 2022
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#37
Pawns were only allowed to move one square, even on the first move. It was changed to two in order to make the game a quicker and challenge the center sooner.
This change created the possibility of a pawn moving forward without the possibility of being challenged by a pawn in the adjacent file (which was impossible under the old one-square-at-a-time rule).
Therefore, the en-passant rule was created to address this anomaly.
If you get rid of en-passant, you would need to get rid of the first move option of two squares.
DreamscapeHorizons wrote:
No, don't get rid of it. It would lead to even more draws because the pawns would get locked up more.
Let's get rid of castling. Then sht would really get real.
No castling chess is a variant first proposed by the people behind AlphaZero, and it's been played in a few big tournaments. It's also available here... but you'll need to find a willing opponent or you'll never get a match.
https://www.chess.com/article/view/no-castling-chess-kramnik-alphazero
https://www.chess.com/news/view/anand-beats-kramnik-in-no-castling-match
Get rid of people who want to get rid of that rule! I once suspended a guy from my club who thought it was a stupid rule. I let him back in after 3 months. He actually was crying after promising that he would never, ever say that again. I smiled. All was good again! I run a tough club. People playing early Rook pawn moves are given warnings and unsound gambits along with the London System and King's Indian Attack are forbidden to be played in our Championship.
Peace, love and unity.
Oh sorry! Wrong site, gotta split!