Ramcius v. Nancy Drew 39

[Ramcius]

White is yours, we don't need dice

[Ramcius]

Then. The one thing I’m still extremely rusty on is

en passant

. I understand everything else.

e4 Nf6

en passant is easy. I think I should explain you why it is a rule to make it easier to understand. Back in the day, there was no 2 square first pawn move, pawns could move only 1 square at a time, it was introduced in 1600s or 1800s, I can't remember exactly. So, in old days, pawn couldn't escape opponents paws with 2-square move and to preserve this they introduced en passant. To make it simple, en passant only applies to white pawns in 5th rank and black pawns in 4th rank and only right after 2-sqaure move. If you don't take right a way, you lose right for en passant. For example you have a pawn on e5 as white, I play d7-d5, you can take my pawn as if I make d7-d6 move and not d7-d5 and your pawn ends on d6. I hope that explain it to you

[Ramcius]

Yeah thanks, that helps.

Now I just need to remember 5th for white and 4th for black.

e4 Nf6 Nc3 e6

Or you can remember it other way - if pawn makes 2-square move and is right next to your pawn, you can take it

[Ramcius]

That also works.

e4 Nf6 Nc3 e6 e5 Nd5

that wasn't nice move

[Ramcius]

e4 Nf6 Nc3 e6 e5 Nd5 Nh3 Bb4

Just a tip - never put knight on sidelines, unless you really have to

[Ramcius]

Thanks but you probably shouldn’t necessarily assume that’s what I was doing but noted.

e4 Nf6 Nc3 e6 e5 Nd5 Nh3 Bb4 Nd5 d5

I can guess what you're doing, but thing is that it takes few moves to bring knight back to the game from sidelines, when your idea doesn't work

[Ramcius]

Can I do en passant here or no?

No, you can do en passant only after 2-square move. En passant is very rare and people usually avoid creating opportunity for en passant

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 a3 Ba5

[Ramcius]

Can I do en passant here or no?

No, you can do en passant only after 2-square move. En passant is very rare and people usually avoid creating opportunity for en passant

Good to know.

Also, you always can preview your post and it will show if move you want to do is legal or not - illegal moves doesn't show

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 c4 0-0

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O d5 d6

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 e6 e6

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 Bc4 e5

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 O-O Bh3

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 11. O-O Bh3 gh3 Qd7

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 11. O-O Bh3 12. gh3 Qd7 Qb3 Bb6

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 11. O-O Bh3 12. gh3 Qd7 13. Qb3 Bb6 Kh1 Rf2

Was my plan that obvious?

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 11. O-O Bh3 12. gh3 Qd7 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Kh1 Rf2 Qg3 Rf1

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 11. O-O Bh3 12. gh3 Qd7 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Kh1 Rf2 15. Qg3 Rf1 Bf1 Qf5

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 11. O-O Bh3 12. gh3 Qd7 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Kh1 Rf2 15. Qg3 Rf1 16. Bf1 Qf5 Qg2 c6

[Ramcius]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nh3 Bb4 5. Nd5 d5 6. a3 Ba5 7. c4 O-O 8. d5 d6 9. e6 e6 10. Bc4 e5 11. O-O Bh3 12. gh3 Qd7 13. Qb3 Bb6 14. Kh1 Rf2 15. Qg3 Rf1 16. Bf1 Qf5 17. Qg2 c6 c6 Nc6