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Is en-passant forced

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Masterion456
Jan 15, 2022
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I wanna know if en-passant is forced.
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ChesswithGautham
Jan 15, 2022
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#2

No. It’s a meme

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NM Dale
Jan 15, 2022
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#3

No.

It is optional.

3.7.1 The pawn may move forward to the square immediately in front of it on the same file, provided that this square is unoccupied, or
3.7.2 on its first move the pawn may move as in 3.7.1 or alternatively it may advance two squares along the same file, provided that both squares are unoccupied, or
3.7.3

the pawn may move to a square occupied by an opponent’s piece diagonally in front of it on an adjacent file, capturing that piece.

Notice the word may frequently appears as opposed to the word must.

 

 
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typicalpaul
Jan 15, 2022
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#4

Is pro creation forced?

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AtaChess68
Jan 15, 2022
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#5
It’s optional and you can only do it that move, not a few moves later.
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eric0022
Jan 15, 2022
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Masterion456 wrote:
I wanna know if en-passant is forced.

 

Only if it's the only legal move available (and that painful occasion many years ago where I had thought that I had "checkmated" my opponent made me learn what en passant was).