Don't feel bad. Chess is a very complicated game. Korchnoi once asked for clarification of queenside castling during a tournament. All that said, yes, you're imagining a rule that doesn't exist. And yes, you're probably confusing this with en passant. Maybe when you were first learning chess you did your move instead. Who knows how the human mind works...
Question about a special move
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When I couldn't find anything mentioning it, I had a feeling that would be the cast, so made sense to ask. I learned chess at a rather young age (not extremely young, like maybe 8 to 10), but I don't recall learning of certain special moves after that. I think the thing that had me thinking it was different from En Passant is that it allowed the capturing piece to move two spaces, instead of only being permitted one since it was capturing. But oh well. Maybe someone told it to me and I took it as valid from not knowing better, or I dreamt it, whatever.
Thanks for the response.
I might have this completely confused with En Passant, as the move I have some memory of is similar in nature, but from the opposite end of the board. I may have imagined it or whatever else, or it could be a legitimate move that isn't too well know, so I'm asking here.
The move I'm thinking of would be like this...
...but instead of black going to f5, it would go to e5 and also capture the white pawn. So that it's able to move two spaces but also capture at the same time. (I would have demonstrated exactly what I meant in the above, but I couldn't figure out how to force a custom move.)
Like I said, I might have it confused with En Passant, but I was recently thinking about it and wondered if it was a legitimate move or if I just imagined it.
I have played chess a number of times before, a rather long time ago, so I'm not exactly a beginner, but by no means would be a worthy opponent to anyone. So excuse me if it seems like a noob question from someone that would normally know better.