sideways pawn move?

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mikeonlineable
what is this move called. Black takes out a pawn, sideways....
ShakyPop
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SacrifycedStoat
Tree is no such thing as a sideways pawn move. You could mean en passant?
GilbertGe
Isn’t any pawn capture sideways because it is moving out of its column?
Martin_Stahl
mikeonlineable wrote:
what is this move called. Black takes out a pawn, sideways....

Do you mean en passant?

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8557558-what-is-en-passant-it-s-not-an-illegal-pawn-move

magipi

Seriously guys, why would it be "en passant"? The way it's described, it's just the normal pawn capture.

xtreme2020
The fact that he’s confused about it probably means it isn’t just a normal pawn capture
magipi
xtreme2020 wrote:
The fact that he’s confused about it probably means it isn’t just a normal pawn capture

This is a new player who is literally 100 rated. Everything is possible.

Martin_Stahl
magipi wrote:

Seriously guys, why would it be "en passant"? The way it's described, it's just the normal pawn capture.

En passant looks like a sideways move since the two pawns are side by side initially

SafChess1

Its en passant a chess rule

smallpawninabigworld

Looking at the OP's last game, there is indeed an en passant capture, so that's probably what he meant.