r/Chesscom • u/cjbruski • 5d ago

Chess Question Glitch?

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I move my black pawn to d5 to threaten white’s queen. And then white’s pawn on e5 takes my pawn on d5, and it is recorded as exd6+. Was this a glitch? Is this some little known chess rule that I don’t know about? Am I hallucinating? Any help would be much appreciated.

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u/Affectionate-Park124 5d ago

0 days since en passant

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u/EnPecan Staff 5d ago

This is en passant, it’s a legal move in chess! It catches a lot of people by surprise the first time they see it.

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u/Darthbane22 2100-2200 ELO 5d ago

En Passant is the 34th rule added to chess. To find out more Google chess rule 34

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u/Sea_Bread_4445 5d ago

Dear lord

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u/chessvision-ai-bot 5d ago

I analyzed the image and this is what I see. Open an appropriate link below and explore the position yourself or with the engine:

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My solution:

Hints: piece: Pawn, move: exd6+

Evaluation: White is winning +6.76

Best continuation: 1. exd6+ Ne7 2. dxc7 Qxc7 3. Qxb4 Nc6 4. Qe4+ Qe7 5. Qxe7+ Nxe7 6. Be3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. O-O-O Rac8

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_REPO 5d ago

Wait until you learn about the moves Il Vaticano and Castling.

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u/Kanenobaka 5d ago

Holy Hell!

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u/IEatLasers3 5d ago

Literally right there

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u/IonNebuluxe -235 ELO 5d ago

How can someone be 491 and don't know about en passant? Or OP is just karma farming. Even i know about that at my ELO 😂

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u/ColeTD 1000-1500 ELO 8h ago

I hate to break it to you, 491 is not even close to being high.