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rajpatel79
May 13, 2017
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One of my blunders says bxe3 what does that mean one of my bishops was on e3 ATM
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gingerninja2003
May 13, 2017
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#2

it means that a bishop took whatever was on e3.

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Bishop_g5
May 13, 2017
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#3

No...bxe3 is a pawn capture. It means the b pawn captures on e3 what ever was there. The thing is that the b pawn can't fly on e3 unless it becomes d or f , so perhaps it was Bxe3

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treborky
May 13, 2017
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#4

How does a b file pawn capture on the e file ?

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Stolheis
May 13, 2017
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#5

As Bishop_g5 implied, I think it is a capitalization error by the OP. 

 

The move, evaluated as a blunder by a computer, should be notated as Bxe3, which tells you that you captured a piece or pawn on the e3 square with your (dark squared) bishop.

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