Even if the capturer gets captured en passant on next turn,
the initial captured piece does not return to the board.
-p This is a generalisation of the pawn en passant capture, which is still possible.
+p.
+ This is a generalisation of en passant capture with the pawn, which is
+ still possible. It leads to some unexpected situations,
+ like on the following diagram after 1...Rb2-d2+: this is not a mate
+ since the king can capture the rook en passant on c2: 2.Kxc2 e.p.
+
+figure.diagram-container
+ .diagram
+ | fen:6k1/1p1p4/6p1/4P3/2n5/3nP1b1/3r1BP1/R2K1R1B:
+ figcaption After 1...Rb2-d2+: not a mate!
h3 Special moves
ul
li.
- Knights become knightriders, which may make multi knight-steps in the same direction.
- For example in the standard initial position, the knightrider on g1
- can go to e5 or capture d7 in addition to the knight moves (see diagram below).
+ Knights become knightriders, which may make multi knight-steps in the
+ same direction. For example in the standard initial position,
+ the knightrider on g1 can go to e5 or could capture on d7 in addition
+ to the knight moves (see diagram below).
li The king can capture a piece en passant by making a knight move.
figure.diagram-container
h3 Source
p
- a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/enpassant.html") En Passant chess
+ a(href="https://www.chessvariants.com/difftaking.dir/enpassant.html")
+ | En Passant chess
| on chessvariants.com.
p Inventor: Andy Kurnia (1998)