Lost to... En Passant?!

aw well at least now you know what it is, so it is not all bad.

Well, I suppose I should say, I knew what it was, I just was not expecting it at all.

I actually think it was pretty cool. But still crazy.

And it was used on me again... but it was less big of a situation. I still lost terribly though. But it was still an unrated game. So that's alright.

That is not En Passant

BobbyMao123 wrote:

That is not En Passant

If it's not En Passant, how did black play ...axb3?

yes it is

greenhelium wrote:

Any comments?

 Ha ha.

BobbyMao123 wrote:

That is not En Passant

Sure looks like it to me.

En passant: the infield fly rule of chess!

BobbyMao123 wrote:

That is not En Passant

 I'm pretty sure it is...

I actually over looked an En Passant a few weeks ago at a local coffee shop.  My friend picked up his pawn and mine, and with more enthusiasm than one would expect shouted "En Passant!"  He ended up winning that game.  

BobbyMao123 wrote:

That is not En Passant

For those who don't know what "En Passant" is.

Wikipedias thorough definition.

En passant (from French: "in [the pawn's] passing") is a move in the board game of chess. En passant is a special capture made immediately after a player moves a pawn two squares forward from its starting position, and an opposing pawn could have captured it if it had only moved one square forward. In this situation, the opposing pawn may, on the immediately subsequent move, capture the pawn as if taking it "as it passes" through the first square; the resulting position would then be the same as if the pawn had only moved one square forward and the opposing pawn had captured normally. The En passant capture must be done on the very next turn, or the right to do so is lost.

BobbyMao123 wrote:

That is not En Passant

Bobby Mado123 wrote "that is not En Passant", then what is En Passant? Please clarify.

I believe this game should have been a draw. but then theres better analyzers out there. This is my take on what could have happened.

greenhelium wrote:

Well, I suppose I should say, I knew what it was, I just was not expecting it at all.

If you knew what it was, how could you have not been expecting it?

HowDoesTheHorseMove wrote:

En passant: the infield fly rule of chess!

I love this post. If it is okay with you, I am going to use this from now on.

there is a bug in this game the second move black, so black dont can get the queen

that is the rule of en passant it wasn't a mistake it is genuinly a rule and what this entire thread is about

u wanna told me that i can beat a pawn by pawn taht past the square.rexbo