En Passant / Google En Passant

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Last updated 25 abril 2025

En Passant is a notorious chess move in which a pawn that moves two spaces forward is able to be captured by an adjacent pawn. The move is particularly infamous among new players of the game as something that is not understood at first when starting out the game -- often leading to people accusing their opponent of cheating or generally being confused. Since chess moved to the online sphere, countless blogs, forum threads and bug reports have been filed about the move from unsuspecting players, leading to the popularization of the catchphrase
En Passant is a notorious chess move in which a pawn that moves two spaces forward is able to be captured by an adjacent pawn. The move is particularly infamous among new players of the game as something that is not understood at first when starting out the game — often leading to people accusing their opponent of cheating or generally being confused. Since chess moved to the online sphere, countless blogs, forum threads and bug reports have been filed about the move from unsuspecting players, leading to the popularization of the catchphrase Google En Passant to become a meme within the community.