Author: José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba
Date: 08:19:12 04/17/99
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On April 17, 1999 at 10:47:55, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On April 17, 1999 at 08:31:06, Peter Klausler wrote: > >>> The hyphen following the "KQkq" could also be a square, for instance e3, which >>> is the target of an en-passant capture, if one is legal. >> >>No need for a square to define en-passant opportunities; >>the name of the file suffices. > >I'm not describing how it should be, I'm describing the standard as it exists. > >bruce In fact, the en-passant square is indicated always when the last move was a pawn advancing two squares, regardless if it can actually be captured en-passant or not. I.e. hte requirement is not the existence of a legal en-passant capture, but the immediate previous advance of a pawn two squares. José.
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