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How do you play 1000 games and get to 1700 without properly knowing the En Passant rule?!
Very strange.

@MOSNTORZ How do you play 1000 games and get to 1700 without properly knowing the En Passant rule?! Very strange.

@DONT_WALK_OFF said in #11:

@MOSNTORZ

How do you play 1000 games and get to 1700 without properly knowing the En Passant rule?!
Very strange.
You think many people know that in this case you can't take?

@DONT_WALK_OFF said in #11: > @MOSNTORZ > > How do you play 1000 games and get to 1700 without properly knowing the En Passant rule?! > Very strange. You think many people know that in this case you can't take?

@MOSNTORZ said in #12:

You think many people know that in this case you can't take?

I think it is extremely rare that someone thinks they could take a pawn on the second rank.

It makes no sense with the en passant rule at all. En passant says you can capture a pawn "as if it moved the two squares independently". Capturing on the second rank would mean capturing on the starting square, which is unheard of.

If you search for en passant related questions, it usually is people are surprised by it and claiming an illegal move. But trying to capture on the second rank is pretty rare, and I am truly curious where you got that idea from. How was it explained to you? Maybe we can learn something to prevent it from confusing others in the future.

@MOSNTORZ said in #12: > You think many people know that in this case you can't take? I think it is extremely rare that someone thinks they could take a pawn on the second rank. It makes no sense with the en passant rule at all. En passant says you can capture a pawn "as if it moved the two squares independently". Capturing on the second rank would mean capturing on the starting square, which is unheard of. If you search for en passant related questions, it usually is people are surprised by it and claiming an illegal move. But trying to capture on the second rank is pretty rare, and I am truly curious where you got that idea from. How was it explained to you? Maybe we can learn something to prevent it from confusing others in the future.

@nadjarostowa said in #13:

The current interpretation of this rule makes it pointless to put pressure on the second line with a pawn if the opponent can simply jump over two squares with his pawn without risking anything. A player should not be affected by the rules if he was able to bring his pawn forward. It should be allowed to do so, the wording of the rules does not prohibit it.

@nadjarostowa said in #13: > The current interpretation of this rule makes it pointless to put pressure on the second line with a pawn if the opponent can simply jump over two squares with his pawn without risking anything. A player should not be affected by the rules if he was able to bring his pawn forward. It should be allowed to do so, the wording of the rules does not prohibit it.

@DONT_WALK_OFF said in #11:

@MOSNTORZ

How do you play 1000 games and get to 1700 without properly knowing the En Passant rule?!
Very strange.

The same way some people reach 2300 without understanding threefold rep.

@DONT_WALK_OFF said in #11: > @MOSNTORZ > > How do you play 1000 games and get to 1700 without properly knowing the En Passant rule?! > Very strange. The same way some people reach 2300 without understanding threefold rep.

If your pawn was on d4, you could take en passant. The pawns must be side by side in order to be able to execute en passant. In this case, your pawn was too far advanced.

If your pawn was on d4, you could take en passant. The pawns must be side by side in order to be able to execute en passant. In this case, your pawn was too far advanced.

@MOSNTORZ said in #14:

No, en passant actually prevents endgames where a pawn can just move forward past another pawn without capture. Aka, side by side.

The wording does in fact prohibit what you had. Here is the explanation of en passant from Google: "You can capture en passant when your pawn is one square deep into your opponent's half of the board, and they move their pawn two squares from its starting square such that it lands directly next to yours."

@MOSNTORZ said in #14: > No, en passant actually prevents endgames where a pawn can just move forward past another pawn without capture. Aka, side by side. The wording does in fact prohibit what you had. Here is the explanation of en passant from Google: "You can capture en passant when your pawn is one square deep into your opponent's half of the board, and they move their pawn two squares from its starting square such that it lands directly next to yours."

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