SiblingsBrothers and sisters - can't live with 'em, can't stove 'em to death with the coal scuttle and bury 'em behind the local industrial estate. Tell us about yours.
Thanks to suboftheday for the suggestion -we're keeping the question open for another week for the New Year
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 25 Dec 2008, 17:20)
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Not quiteThe pawn moves one square forward only, other than first move which can be one or two squares forward.
It can capture pieces one square diagonally in front of it on either side.
"En passant" ('in passing'):
When a pawn moves two spaces on its first move and lands adjacent to an enemy pawn (thus by-passing the opportunity for the enemy pawn to take it had it moved only one square at a time), then the enemy pawn may move diagonally forward in front of the original pawn and take it off the board - despite the fact that the enemy pawn does not occupy the same square as the original pawn to do so. The 'en passant' capture by the enemy pawn move can only be made immediately after the original pawn's move - after that, it's not permitted.
It is a bit confusing - like castling. And both are a lot easier to explain with a demonstration than in writing. Which is why I should have linked to the Wikipedia page in the first place and saved myself the bother...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant
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