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en passant didnt work

#4

@SwissBrasilianCRSDS said in #1:

hi, in my last game, en passant wasnt possible!? Right after d4 was played it should have been possible, right!?

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No. You don't know the rules or you've forgotten them. The pawn was one square further than it should have been to allow an en passant capture. Everything was correct in the game.

@SwissBrasilianCRSDS said in #1: > hi, in my last game, en passant wasnt possible!? Right after d4 was played it should have been possible, right!? > > lichess1.org/game/export/gif/black/jpt9tgK8.gif?theme=brown&piece=cburnett No. You don't know the rules or you've forgotten them. The pawn was one square further than it should have been to allow an en passant capture. Everything was correct in the game.
#6

Just as a hint for the future: if you share a link to the game, this is much preferred over posting an animated game replay, as one doesn't have to view the whole game (and repeat if missed the correct spot).

Just as a hint for the future: if you share a link to the game, this is much preferred over posting an animated game replay, as one doesn't have to view the whole game (and repeat if missed the correct spot).
#7

The possibility of capturing pawns in this way often causes confusion for many players, so En Passant should be removed from the rules of chess without replacement.

The possibility of capturing pawns in this way often causes confusion for many players, so En Passant should be removed from the rules of chess without replacement.
#8

@Tenakel said in #7:

The possibility of capturing pawns in this way often causes confusion for many players, so En Passant should be removed from the rules of chess without replacement.

The best way to make a game irrelevant and obsolete is to change its rules. The reason we still play chess after all those years and are still fascinated by it is the stability of the rules

The en passant rule is easy enough for people to understand within a minute. It's not rocket science at all. People don't understand it because they didn't read the rules, at all. Or someone forgot to write them down.

No reason to dumb-down everything in the world. It won't make live better, it just will make people more stupid.

Funnily enough, castling rules are somewhat similar to en passant: you cannot pass an atacked square with your king.

A more consequent rule of en passant would be that you could capture every piece along the squares it moved (probably ignoring that tricky knight). But I don't think this would be an improvement - it looks more like complete chaos.

Also, I feel en passant really adds value to the game, adding interesting subtleties and nuances. And without it, the possibility of pawns simply passing each other with no chance of capture would make many games rather dull.

@Tenakel said in #7: > The possibility of capturing pawns in this way often causes confusion for many players, so En Passant should be removed from the rules of chess without replacement. The best way to make a game irrelevant and obsolete is to change its rules. The reason we still play chess after all those years and are still fascinated by it is the stability of the rules The en passant rule is easy enough for people to understand within a minute. It's not rocket science at all. People don't understand it because they didn't read the rules, at all. Or someone forgot to write them down. No reason to dumb-down everything in the world. It won't make live better, it just will make people more stupid. Funnily enough, castling rules are somewhat similar to en passant: you cannot pass an atacked square with your king. A more consequent rule of en passant would be that you could capture every piece along the squares it moved (probably ignoring that tricky knight). But I don't think this would be an improvement - it looks more like complete chaos. Also, I feel en passant really adds value to the game, adding interesting subtleties and nuances. And without it, the possibility of pawns simply passing each other with no chance of capture would make many games rather dull.
#9

en passant was added for a reason. Double step of pawn was added to speed up the game. Then it appeared that it can also used slow down the game by allowing too often locking pawn formation i.e slowing down the game. Hence a fix was needed.

en passant was added for a reason. Double step of pawn was added to speed up the game. Then it appeared that it can also used slow down the game by allowing too often locking pawn formation i.e slowing down the game. Hence a fix was needed.

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