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In article <1dst5fINN6t5@NYAYA.SYSTEMSZ.CS.YALE.EDU> tsioutsias-dimitris@cs.yale.edu (Dimitris Ioannis Tsioutsias) writes:
>I want to know if the following move is valid (I think is called
>an-passan (?)) That is, you move your pawn from its initial position
>(*2 for the whites or *7 for the blacks) two places forward and
>get the pawn of your opponent that is resting in the same row that
>your pawn ends but one column to the left or right. So, you don't
>get it by moving diagonaly, but for a pawn's 1st move that's allowed.
>
>Please let me know if this move is valid or not.
>
>->dimitris
>
The en-passent (French- in passing I think) rule is that any pawn moving
two squares forward may be captured by an enemy pawn that can move to
the square the original pawn moved through. An example may help.
White plays e2e4/ pk2-k4
a black pawn on f4 or d4 / kb5 or q5 can move to e3/k6 removing the white
pawn on e4/k4.

This move must be played immediately by black or the opportunity is lost.

The rule came about because pawns could only move 1 square at a time. This
made games rather slow, and pawns were given 2 moves at the start. The
en-passent rule was introduced to compensate.

Hope this helped, 
                Phil