Author: Jan Pernicka
Date: 00:23:29 12/16/99
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> >Thanks for the input Bruce... > >I'll work on presenting this better... > >En-passant (if my understanding is correct) is a special case when a pawn >reaches the 5th rank and the opposing adjacent pawn moves two squares on its >first move. The pawn on the 5th rank then has the option (only on its next >move) to capture the opposing pawn as if it had moved only one square. If this >is the case, then en-passant would be considered as a normal capture covered >under 'Magnitude 1 - Capture Only'. In other words, the 'Movement' of the >capture of a Pawn(P) done by en-passant is the same as the 'Movement' of the >capture of a Pawn(P) done normally.
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