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if this post gets 1024 upvotes, i will post again with twice as wide en passant (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don't know how or why this is a thing, but I'm here for it & you've got a new subscriber!

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Well, they added a double pawn move to speed up games, but it broke the game a bit and so they added en passant to balance it out. Don't worry, a lot of people who don't play chess regularly, forgets this rule