little use of en passant

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mafia chief

the safe house

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i am a very, very poor chess player.

i use en passant sometimes, it helps sometimes.

i almost always play several hundred points above my own rating, yet i cannot recall the last time i saw
others using en passant against my pawns and sometimes, not often, i have seen when it would have really been to their advantage to do so.

it is a good move to remember about.

G

santa cruz, ca.

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@mister-moggy said
i am a very, very poor chess player.

i use en passant sometimes, it helps sometimes.

i almost always play several hundred points above my own rating, yet i cannot recall the last time i saw
others using en passant against my pawns and sometimes, not often, i have seen when it would have really been to their advantage to do so.

it is a good move to remember about.
"it helps sometimes"
seems you've answered your own question

s
Fast and Curious

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@lemondrop
It helps the most when the opponent temporarily forgets about en passant and then regrets it when he re-discovers that move a bit too late, like when it would be check and attack queen with a bishop or some such.

e4

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en passant stopping checkmate.

Opocensky - Hromadka, Slovakia 1931. (White to play)


1,Nxd5 cxd5 2.f4 mate is being prevented by the BP on e4 and the en passant rule.
Rather annoying. However there is a way for White to get in f4 mate and it;s all forced.

e4

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I have found 10 en passant checkmates on RHP (5 with each colour).
But the best and unique one is from the following game. A very alert trap.

Bobbyt65 - Stewie rules RHP 2006

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@greenpawn34 said
en passant stopping checkmate.

Opocensky - Hromadka, Slovakia 1931. (White to play)

[fen]4r3/5r1p/R1p2pp1/1p1bk3/4pNPP/2P1K3/2P2P2/3R4 w - - 0 25[/fen]
1,Nxd5 cxd5 2.f4 mate is being prevented by the BP on e4 and the en passant rule.
Rather annoying. However there is a way for White to get in f4 mate and it;s all forced.

1.Rxd5+ cd 2.Nd3+ ed 3.f4#

e4

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BigDoggProblem has solv'd it.