En Passant

[perseus]

How often do you take a piece 'en passant' ?

First time in over 80 games for me.

www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?353006?3w??large

I think it might happen more frequently OTB. How often for you?

[reyn]

Don't remember straight off, but several times since 2000.

I manage to pull a potential en passant on others who don't seem to know the rule, many times.

[Gritty]

I think it comes up reasonably often. Probably once every 40 games or so.

[perseus]

Notation for captures
When a piece makes a capture, an x is inserted between the initial and the destination square. For example,
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_chess_notation

Notation example:
www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_game.cgi?353006?2b??large

In en passant it is not the piece taken square. After a long break, I am still getting the hang of the new notation. This is the first time for me. OTB the notation is a bit iffy. Still a mixture of both.