En passant capture

When a pawn makes its very first move, it has a choice.
It can move one square or two squares at once!
You already know that.
But there’s something else!

Pawns can speak a little bit of French…
They can capture en passant. This is French for ‘in passing’.
It is pronounced 'ahn pass-sahnt'.
One pawn can capture another without actually taking it!

How does en passant capturing work?

• Only pawns can capture en passant. One pawn takes another.
• En passant capturing is done right after a pawn has moved up two squares in one turn.
• You pretend it only moved up one square. Your pawn captures diagonally and takes the other pawn.
• You have to this at once. If you don’t, you lose the right to capture en passant.

What do you have to do?
The black pawn makes a move. Can white capture en passant?
Click on the traffic lights to answer. Red = no, green = yes.