Illegal Move? [Answered - en passant]
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That’s en passant. If your pawn passes through a square in which another pawn can capture, then they can still capture that pawn.
HSFSteveO wrote:
That’s en passant. If your pawn passes through a square in which another pawn can capture, then they can still capture that pawn.
thanks for you answer!
I’m not sure about this... I think HSFSteveO is correct. (But I still think it’s a hack)
Its not a hack. A pawn can move that way if a piece is diagonal to it.
Jan 13, 2021
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It is funny how often this comes up. Maybe should be a pinned question? But yes that is en passant as others have mentioned. Good luck with your chess!
Thx for confirming OMEGAlt
Np, btw do any of you think there should be a new gamemode where you have a timer that resets each turn so you can actually think about your move?
OMEGAlt wrote:
Np, btw do any of you think there should be a new gamemode where you have a timer that resets each turn so you can actually think about your move?
that is literally daily chess except you get less time
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I think there should be a game mode like that.
Originally pawns could move one square always. In the 1500s, Europe decided to allow pawns to move two squares on the first move. Since this could be used to move pawns out of harms way, a nerf called en passant was introduced by the French to prevent this. It only works with pawns because other pieces were accelerated later so the pawns were developed before the other pieces got in the game and the rule wasn't adopted for the other pieces later.
Chess.com has a plethora of posts about the different chess moves.
i just played 3 min blitz... and im not very sure of this move