Anen passant capture in chess. When the whitepawn moves from its starting position at square a2 to a4 (first diagram), the black pawn at b4 is able to capture the white pawnen passant – as though it had moved only one square to a3 (second and third diagrams).
Turtle doves have long been celebrated for their fidelity; andthis turtle dove, though he flirts,en paſſant, with aſky-lark, ajay, and aquail, does not materially diſcredit the famed conſtancy of his ſpecies, theſe birds being allcoquettes: but when he meets (as he fortunately does) with an amiable dove-mate, he is as faithful as any turtle, of any grove.
Mr.William Poole called in, and examined[…] I spoke to sheriff Thorpe,en passant, one day in Sackville-street, saying, "I should wish to be on the next commission jury;" and he said, it should be so.
[H]e [the newly elected Pope] is placed on the altar, where all the cardinals, according to their rank, pay their reverence to him, and kiss his feet, hands, and mouth. I should observe,en passant, that cardinals only have the right to kiss the Pope's hand.
(chess) Of a capture of an enemy pawn, by moving one's pawn to the square that the enemy pawn has just passed over.
2007, Mark A. Borders, “The Rules”, inThe Self-Improvement of Chess: Why the Game's Basics Apply to Daily Living,[Raleigh, N.C.]:Lulu,→ISBN,page12:
[I]f the opponent chooses to make this capture, he must do itimmediately on his next move – if he makes any other move on his next move, he forever loses the chance to capturethat pawnen passant, though he still retains the right to captureanother pawnen passant should a similar situation arise elsewhere.
1998 December 11, Glenn Kaplan, “Chess: not just for losers, but also Trekkies”, inThe Oberlin Review[1], volume127, number12, Oberlin, Oh.: The Union Library Association,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe original on22 January 2017:
Spectators are privy to awe inspiring castles, baffling forks, and breathtakingen passants.
2007, Mark A. Borders, “The Rules”, inThe Self-Improvement of Chess: Why the Game's Basics Apply to Daily Living,[Raleigh, N.C.]:Lulu,→ISBN,page12:
En passant is the rarest of moves. It is a French phrase that means "in passing." This occurs when one player moves a pawn two spaces forward, on its first move, to try to avoid a capture by an opponent pawn. When this happens, the opponent may move his pawn diagonally to the square that the first player passed over (i.e.,as if he only moved one space forward). The pawn from the first player is then considered captured and removed from the board.
2012 March 17, Ben Watanabe, “New Mexico Point Guard Kendall Williams Puts Chess Match on Hold During Tournament”, inNew England Sports Network[2], archived fromthe original on5 March 2016:
Before he returns to performing some castles anden passants,[Kendall] Williams has to determine his endgame in the tourney.
Grande Prairie's Sandman Hotel will be the scene of some castling,en passants and checkmate action this weekend when the 29th Trumpeter Classic Chess Tournament gets underway.
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