![]() ![]() Gained partial control of one of the positionally-superior, middle four squares of the board.So, instead, Black tries to move TWO squares, to the middle-ground, taking him to the immediate left of White’s P.awn … Through not knowing the Rule of En Passant, Black sees that his P.awn will be captured by White’s P.awn, if he only moves one square forward. In this scenario, White’s P.awn has advanced into Black’s half of the board and now it’s Black’s turn to move.īlack has decided on moving the P.awn – on the gold-highlighted square … The blue-highlighted squares show the legal moves for Black’s P.awn … It’s the first of two parts, showing how En Passant can happen … ![]() Here, take a look at this animated image: Pronounced – if you pardon my French – “ On-Pah-Sawhn“, En Passant takes place when one P.awn advances TWO squares to sit on a square immediately to the left or right or an opponent’s P.awn … However, a unique move-to-capture arises in the form of En Passant, which we’ll look at next … Capturing – En Passant – In that scenario, the blue-highlighted square shows the other option available to White’s P.awn, which would result in a move for position only.Įagle-eyed readers will have noted “Usually” was used two paragraphs ago, when referring to how the P.awn chess piece can capture enemy personnel …įor the most part, Pawns cannot capture a piece that’s either one square directly infront, or to its left or right. Usually, Pawns can only capture if the enemy is diagonally, one square ahead, to either the left or right … In this scenario, White’s P.awn can capture Black’s P.awn (on the red-highlighted square).Īs the image, above, showed: there is no obligation to capture. Oh, and it can get really exciting if you get more than one of your P.awns to the back row – each of those P.awns that make it, can be turned into an extra higher-value piece … Imagine having 3-4 Queens to press for victory in the endgame! It can happen. Hence the reason why, providing the strategy is well thought out, you may see more-experienced players tactically sacrificing the Queen during the game’s early-to-middle stages, as their later-stage plan is to get a P.awn to their opponent’s back-row, bring their Queen back on to the board and, often, press home the victory. In most cases – but not always – a player who promotes a P.awn will likely exchange it for a Queen … ![]() The choice you get is to exchange your P.awn for either another: So, you’ve just got to get a bit creative: usually, the Rook gets a new perspective and is placed upside-down, to represent your newly-Promoted piece … typically, becoming a Queen. * If you’re playing with a proper chess set … usually, you might not have purchased extra, major pieces. On a computer-based Chess simulation/game*, there’ll be some sort of dialogue box that pops up, inviting you to choose any one of four major pieces that you exchange for your P.awn. The animated image, below, shows what’s in store by moving to that purple-highlighted square: The purple-highlighted square, courtesy of Chess Titan’s programmers, tells you that something special will happen by moving forward to this square …Īnd it’s not exclusive to that one square – if you get any of your Pawns to any of your opponent’s back-row squares, you get the option of Pawn Promotion … You can see White’s P.awn – on the gold-highlighted square – is one move away from the enemy’s back row … The proverbial “ Ace up the sleeve” belongs exclusively to the P.awn chess piece …
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