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A friend of mine I played OTB a while ago (estimate equivalent rating around 1100 on here) tried some very weird "en passant" variant (I can't remember the details of the move). I questioned him about it and he said it was an official move in chess told by another friend of his which is accepted by the international chess federation.
I have a feeling he saw "en passant" played on him before and remembered it incorrectly. Because it is such an obscure move (to low rated players), he probably believed that I hadn't heard of it before.
Of course, I hadn't heard of *his* version of the move before.
Originally posted by mtthwIf the position is inferior,and you're about to die, what do you have to lose anyway?
Risky, though. If you're playing "proper" rules, if you make any illegal move in rapid play your opponent can claim a win.
I saw a bullet game where one king moved up and took the other king. Much confusion.
The rule is that in order to win you must declare an illegal move before you move a piece yourself. He didn't obviously have the time to do that.