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Definition of: en passant

(ändot pá·sändot′)
1. By the way; in passing.
2. In chess, applied to the taking of a pawn that, in its first move, passes over a square commanded by a hostile pawn. [<F]

Most often used phrases:

en passant capture
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coup en passant
en passant par
en passant rule
en passant mentions
captured en passant
en passant square
capture en passant
trivial en passant
en passant pawn
en passant target
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called en passant
en passant le

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