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The en passant capture is the only capturing move in chess where the capturing piece moves to a square not occupied by the captured piece. [6]: 463 Because many casual players are unfamiliar with or misunderstand the en passant rule, administrators on internet chess sites frequently receive erroneous complaints of bugs, cheating or hacking. [7]
En passant captures are indicated by specifying the capturing pawn's file of departure, the "x", the destination square (not the square of the captured pawn), and (optionally) the suffix "e.p." indicating the capture was en passant. [5] For example, exd6 e.p.
A pawn, unlike other pieces, captures differently from how it moves. A pawn can capture an enemy piece on either of the two squares diagonally in front of the pawn. It cannot move to those squares when vacant except when capturing en passant. The pawn is also involved in the two special moves en passant and promotion. [10]
Examples of special pawn moves: (left) promotion; (right) en passant. Pawns have two special moves: En passant: when a pawn makes a two-square advance to the same rank as an opponent's pawn on an adjacent file (on the 4th or 5th rank for white and black respectively), that pawn can capture it en passant ("in passing"), moving to one square ...
A double check is a check from two pieces to the opponent's king in a single move. This happens when a moved piece attacks the king, resulting in a second piece giving check by discovered check. It can also happen, though very rarely, when an en passant capture opens two lines of attack simultaneously. A double check cannot be blocked, nor can ...
The first edition of the FIDE rule from 1928 already defines the threefold repetition rule without considering castling and en passant capture rights. [44] To additionally consider castling and en passant capture rights was implicitly introduced in 1975 [46] and explicitly worded in 1985. [48] Prior to that, a 1964 FIDE interpretation ...
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The option to capture the moved pawn en passant must be exercised on the move immediately following the double-step pawn advance, or it is lost for the remainder of the game. The en passant capture is the only capture in chess in which the capturing piece does not replace the captured piece on the same square. [2]