It's no different from any other move in the sense that if you know your opponent can do it then you should act accordingly. The way you say it makes it sound like it took you by surprise. That's just inexperience.
'En passant" should be Illegal

It's no different from any other move in the sense that if you know your opponent can do it then you should act accordingly. The way you say it makes it sound like it took you by surprise. That's just inexperience.
Everytime its played against me It takes me by surprise lol as i see the unfair advantage it gives to my
opponent.Since I feel it should be illegal I never play it and have never played it my past you can check my games.


But why should be pawn be obliged to move one square to be captured?...when it can move two steps? and survive.

Opponent checkmating me should also be illegal. It really does my head in when that happens.
Then you can physically grab a king piece and throw himout of the board,but online i am afraid this is not possible.

I was attacking the king in a recent game and my opponent moved his king two squares instead of one and escaped to the side. I think its called castling. I think this move - assuming it is legal - should be stopped because it gave my opponent an advantage. If it had not been for this I am sure I would have checkmated him very soon.
But why should be pawn be obliged to move one square to be captured?...when it can move two steps? and survive.
Well:
1. It is balanced. It rewards daringness and advancement (and good moves) vs inactivity of the pawns.
2. The game is balanced well already, the only imperfection is first move advantage.
3. You can still force a win with your king if you move him near.
4. This situation can be easily prevented if you blocked a pawn on (for example) the 5th rank
Basically, If you play a good endgame, you win, if you stay inactive and move your king willy-nilly, you lose.

If you got rid of en passant, you would often end up with those locked up pawn grids where it is impossible or nearly impossible for either side to make progress.

It's all part of the strategy. It's like asking, "But why can the bishop control the whole diagonal? That's unfair to the person who doesn't have control of the diagonal!" Well, that's kind of the point. These are all things you need to take into consideration when playing your moves, and working out what the opponent is trying to do. It isn't unfair at all.

I guess that I will get a warning but I am going to say what most of us want to say: The OP is an idiot!
Well I don't think so, I challenge anyone who can prove me wrong. Infact advantage is not the right word,the right word is cheating, yes cheating, because basically pawn is doing something that is not in it's set of rules.
There are more than a billion games in this site database, I can easily say of all the games where en passant played, it is the Player who played it first won 90% of the time finally, yes I can prove it, open and see all the games the person who played it first won 90% of the time.
Just like mathematicians proved their own theorems ,I stick to my theory too.
En passant is Illegal. Hence proved.

I may be just a 800 rating player ,but I think I can give my opinion on the basic rules of the Game.
That is true. However your subsequent posts have proved you have nothing to add to the topic of chess rules. Come back when you have a proper rating and make a reasoned argument

I may be just a 800 rating player ,but I think I can give my opinion on the basic rules of the Game.
That is true. However your subsequent posts have proved you have nothing to add to the topic of chess rules. Come back when you have a proper rating and make a reasoned argument
Don't be caught in the chasing of rating.. If rating is to be taken seriously then mia Khalifa and sunny Leone have higher rating than any Player.

Not about one or two moves bro... In En passant a pawn captures. ...in an unusual way that is not in it's rule box. I read somewhere en passant was invented by stupid French. .. Don't know those days may be the French bribed the authorities with fine French wine to include it in the chess rules.

Rating is not within the range of discussion here ,
En Passant shouldn't take you or any player by surprise because it is by far the most mysterious move more mysterious than how the knight moves but of course castling stands out to most beginners .
Your logic is very hypocritical , Maybe out of spite of a defeat . Or you had a bad burrito .
Anyways cease this nonsense if you already know " that move " exist then calculate how to avoid it or use it against someone /
Jesus Christ ! It's like saying how a knight is disadvantageous to the person who is up a queen and got forked because it caught him by surprise . Beginners , Intermediate , Club players should know this move exist and if they didn't they will learn it and adapt to it.
There are common endgame themes that include this special move , I suggest you go ahead and study if you feel inferior to En Passant , By the way out of curiousity I don't get your analogy on how taking rating seriously will result in a couple of adult stars having a higher rating than any player.
I mean it's "debatable" on how a person view's someones rating but history has proved time and time again that players " usually " play on their rating level and sometimes overperform and play good but referencing some p0rn stars just shows how your suggestion is a joke that I took seriously , Either you are a troll or something wrong with your head anyways
Best of Luck !
I am of the opinion that "en passant" gives un usual advantage to the player who uses this,because since
it occurs at a crucial stage of the game may be just before end game or during middle game mostly,this
is the real turning point that completely changes the game in favor of the player who used it.
I may be just a 800 rating player ,but I think I can give my opinion on the basic rules of the Game.
what is yours?