i almost always play several hundred points above my own rating, yet i cannot recall the last time i saw
others using en passant against my pawns and sometimes, not often, i have seen when it would have really been to their advantage to do so.
@mister-moggysaid i am a very, very poor chess player.
i use en passant sometimes, it helps sometimes.
i almost always play several hundred points above my own rating, yet i cannot recall the last time i saw
others using en passant against my pawns and sometimes, not often, i have seen when it would have really been to their advantage to do so.
it is a good move to remember about.
"it helps sometimes"
seems you've answered your own question
@lemondrop It helps the most when the opponent temporarily forgets about en passant and then regrets it when he re-discovers that move a bit too late, like when it would be check and attack queen with a bishop or some such.
Opocensky - Hromadka, Slovakia 1931. (White to play)
1,Nxd5 cxd5 2.f4 mate is being prevented by the BP on e4 and the en passant rule.
Rather annoying. However there is a way for White to get in f4 mate and it;s all forced.
[FEN "2r5/5kpp/1p1Bpp2/4P3/2rp1P1P/3K2P1/R7/8 w - - 0 31"]
31. Ra7+ Kg6 32. g4 b5 33. h5+ Kh6 34. f5 {White spots am amazing ambush. Sit back and enjoy,} 34... Ra4 {OK White to play - what would you do.} 35. exf6 {White cannot believe his luck. It might just work.} 35... Rxa7 {This losses. Black had to play exf5.} 36. Bf4+ g5 {Now taking with either the f-pawn or h-pawn en passant is checkmate.} 37. hxg6 {An En Passant Checkmate.}
Opocensky - Hromadka, Slovakia 1931. (White to play)
[fen]4r3/5r1p/R1p2pp1/1p1bk3/4pNPP/2P1K3/2P2P2/3R4 w - - 0 25[/fen]
1,Nxd5 cxd5 2.f4 mate is being prevented by the BP on e4 and the en passant rule.
Rather annoying. However there is a way for White to get in f4 mate and it;s all forced.
little use of en passant
02 Sep '19 23:421 edit
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