en passant
Special chess capture
En passant is a special pawn capture in chess.
When an opponent's pawn advances two squares from its starting position and lands beside your pawn, you may capture it as if it had moved only one square—but only on your immediately following move.
The French phrase means "in passing." Outside chess, en passant means incidentally or by the way: He mentioned en passant that he'd be leaving the company.
Unwitting tool of another
- captureTake into custody
- chessboardCheckered playing surface
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
- rankPosition in hierarchy
file · move · special move · adjacent
Inescapable capture position
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- openingGap or start
- middlegameCentral chess phase
- endgameConcluding phase of competition
promotion · fianchetto · castling · check · king · queen · rook · bishop
Tined eating tool
- pinPointed metal fastener
- skewerPointed cooking rod
- zugzwangObligatory weakening move situation
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
deflection · decoy · interference · clearance · double check · undermining · attraction · overloading
Minor and unplanned
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- sidelongDirected to one side
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
casual · offhand · parenthetical · digression · aside · by the way · glancing
pawn
Unwitting tool of another
- captureTake into custody
- chessboardCheckered playing surface
- rulesPrinciples governing behavior
rank · file · move · special move · adjacent
checkmate
Inescapable capture position
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- openingGap or start
- middlegameCentral chess phase
endgame · promotion · fianchetto · castling · check · king · queen · rook · bishop · knight
fork
Tined eating tool
sacrifice · deflection · decoy · interference · clearance · double check · undermining · attraction · overloading · battery
incidental
Minor and unplanned
- fleetingPassing very quickly
- sidelongDirected to one side
- tangentialBarely connected to main point
peripheral · casual · offhand · parenthetical · digression · aside · by the way · glancing