Re: Found possible error in gnuchess pawn movement

Simon Waters <[email protected]> Sat, 24 Jun 2006 18:41:29 +0100

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Brian Wightman wrote:
> 
> First of all for clarity, a pawn can ONLY attack diagonally correct? Or
> is there a rule I have never been told...

This is an en passant pawn capture.

FIDE Rules of Chess 3.7 item d.

http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101