Broken field. See what “Taking on the pass” is in other dictionaries. The same important move

Taking a pawn en passant is a special rule that beginning chess players are rarely familiar with. Even more experienced players can easily forget this during their games. I admit that I myself forgot about this rule when playing at my local club a few years ago. When my opponent took my advanced pawn with this rule that I had simply forgotten about, I felt terribly stupid. Don't let the same thing happen to you. By reading this article, you will learn or better understand the rule for capturing a pawn on an aisle. Maybe someday you will use this rule against your opponent and gain an advantage.

Official Chess Rule 3.7.d states that a pawn attacking a square crossed by an opponent's pawn moving two squares forward in one move may capture that pawn as if the latter had only been moved one square forward. This is called taking on the pass.

Nobody learns chess by reading the official rules. It's like reading the instruction manual before assembling a piece of furniture. Most of us ignore the tediously long theory material and simply dive into practice.

We start playing chess by learning how different pieces move. Some of them are light - officers move along diagonals, rooks move horizontally and vertically, and queens have the ability to move both diagonally and horizontally and vertically. Knights, with their "L" movement and ability to jump over other pieces and pawns, are more difficult. Pawns, the weakest, are even more difficult, they usually move forward one square forward, with the exception of their first move when they can move two squares forward, but when they capture an opponent's piece or pawn, they do so diagonally! For beginners just starting to play chess, special cases such as capturing a pawn on an en passant may be gaps in their knowledge of the rules of chess. Even a chess instructor may neglect to mention this so as not to confuse his students while they are still trying to understand the more general basic concepts. Capturing an en passant pawn is relatively rare, usually less than once per game.

Let's try to put the rather confusing explanation from the official rules into a simple example. The conditions for this are:

1. The attacking pawn must be on the fifth rank (White pawn on c5);
2. A black pawn threatened with en passant capture must be moved two squares forward from its starting position and be on an adjacent file (so the white pawn on c5 can capture the black pawn, according to the en passant capture rule).
3. Capture can only be carried out on the move immediately after the opposite pawn has made a move, otherwise the right to capture will be lost.

If all these conditions are met, an en passant capture can be carried out as if the pawn had only moved one square forward. So, if White has a pawn on c5, and the black pawn made a move from b7 to b5, then White can capture the black pawn on b5, and the white pawn will move to b6.

The illustrations below clearly demonstrate what happens on the board during an en passant capture.

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Should you apply the en passant rule?

Like any chess move, you will occasionally use an en passant capture if you think it is a good move. I have seen beginner players proudly use the en passant take just to show that they know the rule, even at the expense of position. One way or another, they feel that if there is an opportunity to apply a rule, they will do it. But this is a mistake.
Due to the relatively little knownness of this rule, some chess players consider it "unsporting" to use it in a game with a relatively beginner chess player. If your opponent is a weaker chess player than you, it seems unfair to take his pawn off the board when he doesn't expect it. If it's a friendly game, you can try to warn your opponent about the possibility of an en passant capture and let him take his turn back, but it's a better lesson to remember. This is, after all, a rule of chess, even if it is not familiar.
Personally, I would not hesitate to use an en passant capture, even if my opponent forgot about this rule. Losing teaches more often than winning, and you shouldn't shy away from the opportunity to teach your opponent a lesson!

In this way, the king will be reliably protected, and his safety can be of less concern.

Castling can be done if the following rules are observed:

Neither the king nor the rook with which castling is being made have made a single move before.

There are no other pieces between the king and the rook.

The king has not been declared in check. That is, if you are declared in check, then castling cannot be done at that moment.

The square over which the king jumps and the square onto which he becomes cannot be penetrated by the enemy pieces.

Castling is considered one move, despite the fact that two pieces take part in it. Castling can only be done once per game.

Taking on the pass.

An en passant capture is a move in which a pawn can hit an opponent's pawn if it has jumped over the captured square. As you remember, from lesson 3. With its first move, a pawn can move two squares forward, that is, jump over one square. If this square is penetrated by the opponent's pawn, then it can capture.

Visually it looks like this:

1) The white pawn has just moved two moves forward. The square she jumped over is penetrated by a black pawn

2) The black pawn knocks down the white one. At the same time he stands on a broken field

Thus, the black pawn hit the white one and at the same time stood on the beaten square, and not on the square where the white pawn stood, as happens with ordinary attacks. In this case, you can capture on the pass only on the next move, otherwise this right is then lost.

This rule is not always taken easily the first time. Read it again :). When I learned to play, I only understood the second time.

In the next lesson we will repeat the concepts of “checkmate” and “checkmate” and talk about the possible results of a chess game.

Tell me, what if instead of the black pawn shown in Fig. will there be, for example, a black bishop, it has the same rights as a pawn, to capture on the pass? Or does this opportunity exist exclusively for pawns?

Svetlana, the functional meaning is the same as for ordinary strikes. When playing, you need to take into account that you can deliver such blows on the pass. If, for example, a white pawn reaches the 5th line, it does not immediately allow the 2 black pawns to move 2 squares forward, since it will hit them according to the en passant rule.

It is logical to assume that if it exists, it means that it is needed for something, of course, other than the usual capture of a pawn.

Excuse the newbie, but what is the general meaning of “taking on the pass”, what is its functional significance?

Vladimir Alekseich, this is how the white pawn in the diagram moved to the 2nd square forward, only immediately, with its next move, the black pawn can hit the white one on the pass. If Black makes another move instead, then with his next move he will no longer be able to hit on the pass.

“At the same time, you can capture on the pass only on the next move, otherwise this right is then lost.” Next move - after what??

Boris: No, you can’t hit like that. You can capture it exactly when it jumps over one field, which is why it is called “capture on the pass.”

Sometimes in a chess game surprises happen that are not pleasant. Often these are banal “yawns,” but sometimes disappointment is a consequence of ignorance of the basic rules or their incorrect interpretation. The latter can safely include capturing a pawn on the aisle.

On the other hand, knowing the rules and paying attention to them can bring unexpected points to your treasury.

WHAT IS TAKING ON THE PASSIN CHESS

An en passant capture is a move in which a pawn captures a pawn across a broken square.

If a pawn from its initial position (that is, being on the second or seventh rank) moves to two squares at once and the square through which it jumps is hit by an opponent’s pawn (a beaten square), it can be captured by this opponent’s pawn.

It's probably easier to explain with a picture:

After being captured, the pawn moves to the “captured” square. In this case c3 or f6. But not the one that the beaten pawn went to - c4 or f5.

Now some terms and conditions:

Is it possible to capture other pieces on the pass?

On the pass, it is only allowed to capture a pawn. Also, both the rook and the queen can move onto two squares vertically. So, these pieces cannot be taken on the pass.

Can a piece other than a pawn capture on an en passant?

No, he can not. This exclusive right is granted only to the pawn.

How many times per gamecan I take it on the way?

The opportunity to capture on the pass can only be used in response to the movement of this very pawn. That is, the next move. If the opportunity to take a given pawn on the pass is not immediately used, it is lost.

However, there are eight pawns. That is, in theory, you can take on the pass eight times during the game. Just different pawns.

Beat on the passnot necessary. Moreover, often taking on the pass can be a mistake.

EFFECTIVE DOES NOT MEAN EFFECTIVE

For a beginning chess player, capturing en passant looks impressive. However, let's not forget that this is just a move. By definition, it is no better or worse than other moves. And sometimes it can turn out to be a mistake. Just like any other move.

Black made the move 1...d7-d5. White was tempted by the possibility of capturing on the pass:

Now follows 2... Ca7-e3+!

Alas... White loses his rook. The game is lost.

Taking on the pass in this case is a gross mistake. It was possible not to take the pawn, but to play, for example, 2. Rh6-f6, winning the f7 pawn and maintaining the chance of winning.

Remember that in chess, a beautiful or spectacular move is not always the best.

THE PRICE OF INATTENTION

It is important not to forget about the rule of capturing on the pass during the game. Otherwise, you may encounter very unpleasant surprises. Or even commit something absurd that costs the party.

Black played 1... b7-b5+ and... White admitted defeat by stopping the clock. And indeed, checkmate is on the board, what questions?

But there is an important question! After 2.a5:b6, who's checkmated?

Checkmate is already black. These are the metamorphoses with the rule of taking on the pass.

Another example. The lack of composure of one player and the attentiveness of another, who skillfully took advantage of the opportunity that presented itself.

White optimistically moved the pawn two squares, rightly judging that they had time to hold off the black pawn with the king. While the black king cannot keep up with the white pawn.

The black pawn takes the white one on the pass and moves to the queen. White can lay down his arms.

I know from experience that such situations act like a cold shower. Chess can be cruel sometimes.

TASKSFOR PICKUP ON THE Aisle

Black played e7-e5. Can White take a pawn by passing with a bishop?

Black played d6-d5. Can White take an en passant pawn?

Black made the move d7-d5. Is a white pawn allowed to capture a black pawn en route?

The black rook moves from e7 to e5. Is it possible to capture a rook with a pawn en passant?

ANSWERS TO PROBLEMS

1. Can not. Only a pawn can capture on an aisle
2. Can not. The black pawn does not move from the initial position and does not pass through the broken square
3. Yes you can
4. No you can not. On the aisle you can only capture a pawn

I hope that the rules for capturing on the pass and the description of the situations outlined in this article are clear to you. If you have any questions, you are welcome to use the comments section.

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Today we’ll talk about the rules of castling, capturing on an aisle, promoting a pawn.

Every chess player encounters these rules more than once during a game.

But let's start in order:

The castling rules were described by me earlier

It is only worth repeating when castling cannot be done:

1. The king or rook moved
2. Pieces standing between the king or rook interfere
3. Shah declared king
4. There is a broken field on the king's path

Even the strongest chess players sometimes forget to take an en passant. This unusual move was invented as if to confuse chess players who were already struggling to remember all the rules.

It’s impossible to write much about the promotion of a pawn, but this is definitely the dream of every little infantryman: to go to the end of the board and transform into ANY chess piece except the king. In total, for example, you may have 9 queens, or, for example, 10 rooks, etc.

So, an en passant capture can only be done with a pawn; it’s easier and better to watch a visual video about this:

Often, inexperienced chess players with a superficial knowledge of chess were surprised after the opponent’s next move and began to argue, arguing that when captured, the capturing piece or pawn always stands on the square where the opponent’s captured piece was located. And then the opponent takes a pawn, which seems to have not been under attack at all, and even places his pawn on a different square than where the beaten pawn was located. “This breaks the rules! This can’t be done,” inexperienced players are indignant.

But it’s possible! Everything is according to the rules. Subject to several conditions.

Broken chess field

As you know, from its initial position the pawn can move one square or two squares forward at the player’s discretion.

It happens that a situation arises when, when moving two squares forward, a pawn crosses a square attacked by an opponent's pawn.

The attacked square through which the pawn moves is in this case called broken field.

Crossing a broken square is not prohibited by the rules of chess, but in this case the opponent has the right to take this pawn. With such a capture, the capturing pawn moves to the captured square, which the opponent’s pawn “jumped over,” and the enemy pawn that “ran forward” is removed from the board. Let's look at an example:

White pawn b2 has the right to make the move b2-b4. In doing so, it will cross square b3, which is attacked by the black pawn c4. b3 is a broken square.

The black pawn on c4 is capable of capturing en passant.

The black pawn from c4 moves to the b3 square, the white pawn from b4, which crossed the beaten square, is removed from the board. The diagram shows the final position.

Only the pawn has the right to capture on the pass, and only in relation to the pawn; this right does not apply to other pieces. Chess arbiters will fine you if you break this rule in an official competition.

Do I need to pick it up at the drive-thru?

Taking on the pass is not necessary, you can take it, you can not take it - it all depends on the specific situation. However, it should be remembered that it can only be performed in response to the crossing of the beaten field by the opponent’s “infantryman”. Then you will no longer be able to capture the pawn that “ran” forward on the pass. Watch the video above to reinforce what you've learned.