you are allowed to take a piece diagnolly.. only if its 1 sqaure diagnolly up left or right, not going down.
Pawn opening move query
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Could you post it for us?
Thank you for your answers. I definitely wasn't was in check or putting anything in check.
It was a pawn that hadn't moved all game. I was simply wishing to take out the opposition pawn who in the square immediately diagonal to it.
I thought it was probably an oblique rule somewhere but couldn't find it.
If I can recreate the situation I'll try post a capture.
Thankyou
If you could post a link to the game and the move number, I'll see what may be happening.
Yes, a pawn's first move can be a capture.
At the start of the game, the third rank is protected by White's pawns, and the sixth rank is protected by Black's pawns.
I'm a beginner. I was wondering can a pawn in its very first move, attack diagonally to capture a piece or must it first move forward? As a game I recently played I was not allowed to move my pawn diagonally. Moving my pawn wasn't putting my king in check either.
Thankyou