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====''En passant''==== {{Main|En passant}} [[File:Ajedrez captura al paso del peon.png|right|275px|alt=Three images showing ''en passant''. First, a white pawn moves from the a2-square to a4; then, the black pawn moves from b4 to a3; finally, the white pawn on a4 is removed|''en passant'']] When a pawn advances two squares on its initial move and ends the turn adjacent to an enemy pawn on the same {{chessgloss|rank}}, it may be captured ''en passant'' by the enemy pawn as if it had moved only one square. This capture is legal only on the move immediately following the pawn's advance. The diagrams demonstrate an instance of this: if the white pawn moves from a2 to a4, the black pawn on b4 can capture it ''en passant'', moving from b4 to a3, and the white pawn on a4 is removed from the board.{{sfn|FIDE|2023|loc=articles 3.7.3.1 and 3.7.3.2}} {{Clear}}
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