What is En passant?

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Did you know En passant before?
Can You Explain more about it here? So others can learn more too!
Which pawn is your favorite. Example: My favorite is the E pawn. Why? It controls the center and I have more tactics using that pawn. Well, what's yours?

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harry the h pawn

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Ok_withthat wrote:

harry the h pawn

Oh, really!? 

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ShavendraDeRafayal wrote:
Ok_withthat wrote:

harry the h pawn

Oh, really!? 

well not really, all pawns are worth same no matter file

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every pawn is gooooooooooooooood.

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The thread topic is on en passant...

 

...but the ongoing discussion is about each player's favourite pawn?

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My favorite pawn is the one that is able to become a queen

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Gameknife wrote:

My favorite pawn is the one that is able to become a queen

but what if that stalemates 

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ShavendraDeRafayal wrote:

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Did you know En passant before?
Can You Explain more about it here? So others can learn more too!
Which pawn is your favorite. Example: My favorite is the E pawn. Why? It controls the center and I have more tactics using that pawn. Well, what's yours?

It sounds made-up to me.

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It's fish in French:

 

Rene Auberjonois - Les Poissons

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Im surprised no one complied about getting rid of it yet

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en passant is a total hack

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true, when it happens to u lol 🤣🤣

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Gameknife wrote:

My favorite pawn is the one that is able to become a queen

Yes: those on the 7th row (when you're white). I also prefer these. Actually, more often those closer to the border (a- and h-) than those in the center (who live more dangerously), I believe. 

But indeed, no word about en passant. OTOH, why should there be a discussion about? It's part of the rules, and IMO less weird than many other rules, many of which you probably even don't know (when winning on time with insufficient material isn't a win; the stalemate thing; the castling rules certainly; ... )

En passant just comes from the fact that the initial 2-step move (also an extremely weird rule!) is actually 2 moves in one, and when the second step is done "at the same time", then you can take as it it wasn't done, that's all. 

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My favorite pawn is The Little Pawn That Could.

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*=Interesting 

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I think en passant sounds like a very fancy expensive dish made from the finest ingredients from France. I could be wrong though.
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snoozyman wrote:
I think en passant sounds like a very fancy expensive dish made from the finest ingredients from France. I could be wrong though.

I'll have the Pomme de Terre avec Petite Escargot En Passant.

EDIT:

Wait! How much are the Nez des Chiens?