Mastering En Passant: The Essential Chess Move Every Player Should Know Chess involves excellent skills, experiences, strategies, and presence of mind. There are numerous moves that a player needs to be aware of. Among the various available moves, the en passant in chess is the most misunderstood. As misunderstood as it is, it is equally important and can help players win their game. Thus, in the following discussion, we will talk about one of the most rarely used moves in the game of chess, which is the en passant rule or the en passant move. En passant move- what is it? The en passant in chess is one of the rarest and most special rules in the game of chess. It enables the awns to capture the pawns on the adjacent tiles under only specific circumstances. The governing body of chess, FIDE, states that the pawn that is attacking a square that was crossed by the opponent's pawn and has advanced two squares in one move from its original square can capture the opponent's pawn. Although the latter has been moved with only one spare, this move can be applied. This move can be considered legal when the move that follows the advance is called the en passant capture. How to play the en passant move in chess?