Editing En passant (section)

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In [[chess]], '''''en passant''''' ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ pasɑ̃|lang}}, {{lit.}} "in passing") describes the capture by a [[Pawn (chess)|pawn]] of an enemy pawn on the same {{chessgloss|rank}} and an adjacent {{chessgloss|file}} that has just made an initial two-square advance.{{refn|Article 3.7.4.1 in the FIDE Laws of Chess<ref name="FideLawsOfChess">{{Cite web|title=FIDE Laws of Chess taking effect from 1 January 2018|url=https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018|access-date=6 June 2022|website=FIDE|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123232854/https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012018|url-status=live}}</ref>}}<ref name="Brace">{{citation |last=Brace |first=Edward  <!-- not [[Edward Brace]] --> |year=1977 |title=An Illustrated Dictionary of Chess |contribution=en passant |location=Secaucus, N.J |publisher=Craftwell |isbn= 1-55521-394-4 }}</ref> This is a special case in the rules of chess. The capturing pawn moves to the square that the enemy pawn passed over, as if the enemy pawn had advanced only one square. The rule ensures that a pawn cannot use its two-square move to safely skip past an enemy pawn.

Capturing ''en passant'' is permitted only on the turn immediately after the two-square advance; it cannot be done on a later turn.{{refn|Article 3.7.4.2 in FIDE Laws of Chess<ref name="FideLawsOfChess"></ref>}} The capturing move is sometimes [[Chess notation|notated]] by appending the abbreviation '''e.p.'''
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