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GimmeMedals Jun 2021 8:11am, 15 Jun 2021 21,156 posts	Quote Pin GimmeMedals Can someone explain why this game didn’t automatically end, please? I moved black pawn f5 to put the King into checkmate, or so I thought, but the game continued. If the white king took f5 then pawn f6 would have taken it. What am I missing?
Diogenes Jun 2021 8:13am, 15 Jun 2021 60,565 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes En Passant. Because you moved f5 the white pawn on e5 can take your pawn
Diogenes Jun 2021 8:15am, 15 Jun 2021 60,566 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes However, I think your still win in 2?
GimmeMedals Jun 2021 8:17am, 15 Jun 2021 21,157 posts	Quote Pin GimmeMedals Thanks Dio. I’ll go and study En Passant - I’ve heard of it but don’t know when it can be used.
Diogenes Jun 2021 8:19am, 15 Jun 2021 60,567 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes If you move your pawn two spaces forward and in doing so bypass an opponent pawn that could've captured you if you'd only moved the one, the pawn can capture sideways.
Diogenes Jun 2021 8:22am, 15 Jun 2021 60,568 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes [I think it ends up on the square you would've been on if you'd only moved one, but I'm getting to the limits of my knowledge. If that latter part is right, then you don't win in 2]
The Mussile Jun 2021 8:22am, 15 Jun 2021 539 posts	Quote Pin The Mussile So you mean I might have not lost if I'd known some obscure rule? I'm so bad at this game
Diogenes Jun 2021 8:24am, 15 Jun 2021 60,569 posts	Quote Pin Diogenes I have to add that I'm not the most qualified commentator - this is like Boris Johnson instructing on ethics.
fetcheveryone Jun 2021 8:30am, 15 Jun 2021 26,213 posts	Quote Pin fetcheveryone It's worth tapping all your available pieces if you are unsure - if any of them can make a legal move, it will show you.
GimmeMedals Jun 2021 8:56am, 15 Jun 2021 21,159 posts	Quote Pin GimmeMedals I was extremely fortunate that TM also didn't know the rule - evenly matched opponents That's a good tip, Fetch.