This came up in a game I was playing just a check can you do an en passant move if the attacking pawn move creates a checkmate situation....looking a the rule books I have I assume that you can but the analysis board does not take the piece so I was just a little confused......
Cheers for any help never know when it will come up again.....
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Originally posted by N Herts EagleThe analyse board doesn't handle en passant correctly at all. The trick is to move your pawn onto the pawn to be taken then move it to the correct square afterward. This gives the same result as en passant.
This came up in a game I was playing just a check can you do an en passant move if the attacking pawn move creates a checkmate situation....looking a the rule books I have I assume that you can but the analysis board does not take the piece so I was just a little confused......
Cheers for any help never know when it will come up again.....
Yes you can use the en passant rule to checkmate an opponent. Yes you can use it to avoid being put in checkmate (taking the checking pawn).
Originally posted by N Herts Eagleyes.. as long as you mean that the person performing the en passant is delivering checkmate, not receiving it... else, the move wouldn't be valid.
This came up in a game I was playing just a check can you do an en passant move if the attacking pawn move creates a checkmate situation....looking a the rule books I have I assume that you can but the analysis board does not take the piece so I was just a little confused......
Cheers for any help never know when it will come up again.....
Originally posted by Wulebgryes ...i c it. 1.c4.....black has no choice but to take the pawn with its d pawn by en passant. Which leaves the 4th row blank for 2.Ra4#
Here's an interesting problem from Edward Winter's A Chess Omnibus, p. 24.
White to move, mate in two.
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