What do you guys think of the en passant move?

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TheGalaxyGirl253
SweetPeaBuddy wrote:

Once you get use to it I think you’ll like it as well?

probably, I don't like it when my dad does it to me, lol

TheGalaxyGirl253
GalaxyGirl253 wrote:

What do you guys think of the en passant move? I think it's useless and meaningless. Like, who needs that move!!?? What do you think????

LOL forget everything I said. Nothing happened. I agree with all of you guys.

Bogopawn657

Enpassant pawn capture has been part of chess for thousands of years, was the best introduction to the game, as it avoids a lot of very dull games where games can get very congested with the pawn structures!?

Bogopawn657

The only people who continually complain about the Enpassant pawn captures are those who are new to chess a 1000 or less rating and who don't want to log onto YouTube and watch the demos that will help .... Chess.com or any of the main online chess sites will never stop the Enpassant pawn capture, WHY

Bogopawn657

...BECAUSE HALF TGE MEMBERS WOULD LEAVE THE SITE IF ENPASSANT PAWN CAPTURE WAS STOPPED, It's in the basic rules of chess followed by FIDE, YOU have to learn to live with it ... its not going to change its there for a reason to help for good chess.

TheGalaxyGirl253

Sure, I'm new, so that's why I'm not a big fan of En Passant. People LOVE doing that to me, it gets annoying, so yeah

Bogopawn657

Players need to learn to live with Enpassant, there are loads of youtube demos to help people to learn and live with Enpassant, it's never going to be stopped or taken away ... like butter being forbidden from being put on toast ... its not going to happen!!!!???

TheGalaxyGirl253

I guess I'm stuck with it then, lol

Jk (Just Kidding)

But it will be here forever with me.... Dun Dun DUN!!!

TheGalaxyGirl253

is that cringe??

KamikazeJohnson

En Passant is one of those peculiar things where you rarely see it happen, but the fact that it's POSSIBLE can have a significant effect on the game.

I've been playing Chess since the late 80s, and I think I've played e.p. maybe 5 times.

TheGalaxyGirl253

That's not a lot. Anyways guys, thank you for helping me realize how important en passant really is!!!

TheGalaxyGirl253

And everybody likes the en passant move, which is what I noticed. Nobody dislikes it, like I did at first

TheGalaxyGirl253

Interesting...

blueemu
GalaxyGirl253 wrote:

And everybody likes the en passant move, which is what I noticed. Nobody dislikes it, like I did at first

The main reason that everybody is cool with it is that the Pawns would get all locked up into a mess WAY too easily without en passent. As soon as somebody crossed the center line, a log-jam would start.

TheGalaxyGirl253

Guys if you liked this post, pls check out another new, fresh post I made: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-is-your-favorite-move-in-chess-1

THX

Chessflyfisher

It's a needed rule. Once pawns were allowed to move 2 squares on the 1st move, it had to be done.

lfPatriotGames
Bogopawn657 wrote:

Enpassant pawn capture has been part of chess for thousands of years, was the best introduction to the game, as it avoids a lot of very dull games where games can get very congested with the pawn structures!?

Indeed. En passant was first used around 5,000 BC, in Mesopotamia, or modern day Iraq. The chess move, en passant, used then was fashioned after people travelling on horses to Rome to see the newly created Coliseum passed the slower moving donkeys delivering sand to make glass. From there the move was formally adopted by both India and Tibet, where it remains in use today.

TheGalaxyGirl253

Thanks!!! I've learned a lot

CraigIreland
lfPatriotGames wrote:
Bogopawn657 wrote:

Enpassant pawn capture has been part of chess for thousands of years, was the best introduction to the game, as it avoids a lot of very dull games where games can get very congested with the pawn structures!?

Indeed. En passant was first used around 5,000 BC, in Mesopotamia, or modern day Iraq. The chess move, en passant, used then was fashioned after people travelling on horses to Rome to see the newly created Coliseum passed the slower moving donkeys delivering sand to make glass. From there the move was formally adopted by both India and Tibet, where it remains in use today.

It's probably not obvious to everyone but this is a troll post.

TheGalaxyGirl253

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