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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.
Chess Canada formerly called, En Passant and CFC Bulletin was a hard copy bi-monthly chess journal published by the Chess Federation of Canada (CFC) from 1974 to 2008. [1] [2] The magazine's focus was on the Canadian chess scene, including but not limited to: tournaments, CFC members ELO's, articles and game analysis.
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]
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The same ambiguity exists for the en passant capture, since the possibility of en passant depends on the opponent's previous move. However, practical applications of en passant occur frequently in pawn endgames, so tablebases account for the possibility of en passant for positions where both sides have at least one pawn.
and receiving a positive answer obligates the asking player to then attempt a pawn capture: if this capture is unsuccessful, the asking player may then try any other move, pawn capture or not. En passant pawn tries are announced, but not the fact that they are en passant captures.
In chess, a passed pawn is a pawn with no opposing pawns to prevent it from advancing to the eighth rank; i.e. there are no opposing pawns in front of it on either the same file or adjacent files. A passed pawn is sometimes colloquially called a passer. Passed pawns are advantageous because only the opponent's pieces can stop them from promoting.
(a) in the first position, a pawn could have been captured en passant (by the en passant rule, in the subsequent positions, the pawn cannot be captured en passant anymore), or (b) either player has lost a right to castle, i.e. either king or one of the rooks has been moved, in between repetitions of the position.