Originally posted by tiggrYou can only take en passant at the moment the pawn moves 2 spaces forward. If you decline then you can never do it again with that pawn.
what happens if i want to take a pawn en passant but there is another of his men there where i would land?
When the pawn moves 2 spaces forward you have two choices.
1.Take the pawn en passant.
2. Do something else but you can never take that pawn en passant again.
Thus to answer your question, There would never be another of his men there where you would land.
Originally posted by 93confirmedif black moves his knight to f6, i move my pawn to e4 then he moves his kings pawn to e5. i'v never used en passant so i am really trying to learn. p.s. thanks for the guidance.
en passant requires a two-square move so there is no way a piece could be on the square that you land...do you have an example of this?
Originally posted by tiggrThis would not be a situation in which you can capture en passant. En passant works as in the following example:
if black moves his knight to f6, i move my pawn to e4 then he moves his kings pawn to e5. i'v never used en passant so i am really trying to learn. p.s. thanks for the guidance.
You are white, and have a pawn on e5. Black has a pawn on d7. Black moves his pawn to d5, in an attempt to 'sneak by' without give your e5 pawn the chance to capture. On your first opportunity (i.e., the very next move), you have the option of capturing that pawn on d6, as though it had only moved one square.
Originally posted by ChessJesterthanks for the advice to both of you. this forum is a breath of fresh air after trying to read some of the others.
if white has a pawn on e5 and black moves his pawn d7 to d5 then white can take that pawn with e5xd6 using the en-passant rule (because the black pawn passed a square under attack by the opposing pawn).
Here's an en passant situation from an actual game:
White threatens checkmate with the queen and bishop battery bearing down on h7, and the other bishop covering f8. To stop the checkmate, black played
18...f5
White replied with the en passant capture 19.exf7,
renewing the checkmate threat.
The game finished 19...Kf7 20.Qxh7+ Kf6 21.Qg7#
Hope this helps.
You also might look at http://www.rockfordchess.org/instruction/minilessons/EnPassant.PDF (Probably the most useful single page I've seen on the subject.)