# en passant

> special move in chess where, immediately after a pawn makes a 2-step move, if it could have been captured by an opposing pawn had it advanced only 1 step, then the opponent can capture the just-moved pawn “as it passes” through the 1st square

**Wikidata**: [Q205730](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205730)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/en-passant


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
2. KBpedia