06 Apr 10
Originally posted by Ice ColdWow 1600+ and he doesn't know what en passant is hmmmmmmmm.......something ain't right.
1600+
22000+ moves???
Hang your head in shame.
There's also a thing where you can move two pieces in one move, it's called castling, just so you know.
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06 Apr 10
Originally posted by bellaluccaIn the immortal words of Jack Sparrow: "That would be the French".
I still am a tad dissapointed in that move as i think it is a kind of cheating. I wonder where and why it came about?[/b]
Hey, don't sweat it. Not everyone reads chess books or is in a chess club. En passant was new to me too until i read it in the RHP faq. Other strange stuff too did i witness since playing online. Pawns can upgrade to queens, even if there's already a living queen (amazing!), castling can still be performed after the king has been put in check (i always remember castling privileges being lost for the duration after the first check), and cornering your opponent such that he/she cannot make a legal move is not the epitome of awesomest possible victory moves, but is in fact a stalemate. Nobody told me. *shrugs*
06 Apr 10
Originally posted by Ice ColdThis is a more-or-less standard personal message that I send to the originator each time the 'En Passant' move appears as the subject of a thread in this forum.
If we're lucky, one of the other ..... posters will explain it.
"It may help if you know the reason why this capture is allowed.
When chess was first invented the pawn could move one square straight forward if that square was unoccupied, or could capture one square diagonally forward (these options are of course still available). To speed the game up in the opening, the double square first move for pawns was introduced, (I think in the late 15th century), but it was felt that this should not allow a pawn which used the double move to avoid a capture by an opposing pawn which was on it's own fifth rank. So the 'En Passant' law was introduced to allow a capture as if the pawn had only moved one square. Since under the original laws it could have moved to it's fourth rank after a second move, this is why the capture is allowed only for one move.
You will find the official FIDE wording of the law in their website : -
http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=32&view=category:
Left-Click on 'E.1.01A Laws of Chess', and then go to Article 3.7d
"A pawn attacking a square crossed by an opponent's pawn wnich has advanced two squares in one move from it's original square may capture this opponent's pawn as though the latter had been moved only one square. This capture is only legal on the move following this advance and is called an 'en passant' capture."
I hope this helps. I found it much easier to remember this unusual law when I knew it's origin."
06 Apr 10
Originally posted by Essex 3Thanks SX
This is a more-or-less standard personal message that I send to the originator each time the 'En Passant' move appears as the subject of a thread in this forum.
"It may help if you know the reason why this capture is allowed.
When chess was first invented the pawn could move one square straight forward if that square was unoccupied, or could capture o ...[text shortened]... I found it much easier to remember this unusual law when I knew it's origin."
06 Apr 10
Excellent, you even sneaked in an under promotion.
That problem should be posted every other month when this
same question pops up.
A Mod recently told me they get many FTP's raised because of En-Passant
so we only see the posted ones.
The only other 'illegal' move I can think of is the 'Korchnoi Rook.'
"Can you Castle if the Castling Rook is attacked?"
If you add a Queen to h8 you can make it even more 'illegal'.