en passant question

I guess I don't know the exact rules.

In a current game, I am Black and moved my pawn across the board and up to g3. The white player moved his H pawn to h4, jumping two spaces. Shouldn't I be able to take that H pawn en passant with my g pawn (moving it to h2)? The Board is not allowing me to make the move, and my understanding of the rule is that I should be able to

Since this is an ongoing game, please realize I am not looking for move help. Just clarification on something that I don't understand.

if your pawn was on g4 you would be able to. you have to be on your opponents 4th rank and if they move a pawn on an adjacent column 2 ranks then you can capture.

Never knew I had to be on the 4th rank, always thought it was opponents 3rd or 4th. Thanks for the info

Originally posted by meyekal
Never knew I had to be on the 4th rank, always thought it was opponents 3rd or 4th. Thanks for the info