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- Dictionaryen passant/ɒ̃ paˈsɑːnt/
adverb
- 1. by the way; incidentally: "the singular distinction of being mentioned, en passant, in an Act of Parliament"
- 2. by the en passant rule.
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Special move in chess where, immediately after a pawn makes a 2-step move, if it could have been captured by an opposing pawn had it advanced only 1 step, then the opponent can capture the just-moved pawn “as it passes” through the 1st square
The en passant capture is a move in chess. It is a capture by a pawn of a horizontally adjacent enemy pawn that has just made a two-square move. The capturing pawn moves to the square that the enemy pawn passed; the enemy pawn is captured as if it had advanced only one square. Such a capture is permitted only on the turn immediately after the enemy pawn’s two-square advance. En passant is the only... Wikipedia
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