Taking on the aisle - the course of only one pawn

Just one and a half months ago, all countries andthe continents celebrated the International Day of Chess. This year it was celebrated for the fifty-first time. And until now the interest in this game is not weakening. But what is chess? Is it sports, art or play? One of the opinions is that it is, after all, a science based on logic, because chess is a triumph of reason, which is also able to present aesthetic pleasure. In this article, let's try to figure out what the concept of "taking on the pass" means in this interesting game. How is this done and what does this give the chess player?

Broken Field

Before we understand what istaking a pawn on the aisle, we will get acquainted with one more term in chess. The broken field has a direct, direct relation to our question. This field is what is attacked by the opponent's pawn vertically in front of your pawn, which is in the initial position. You can make a move through the broken field. But that's how the enemy gets the right to take the pawn just as if it were moved only one square.

One field or two?

So, back to our question - take onpassage. What do the rules of chess say? Taking on the beaten field means that the pawn has a special move, thanks to which it has the right to take the pawn from the opponent, moved immediately to two fields. It should be noted that under the battle is not the field on which the second pawn made a stop, but the one that she managed to cross. The first pawn is on this bit or crossed field and ends the capture exactly as if the opponent's pawn moved only one square - one field.

These are the rules

Such a situation can arise only if,When the pawn is on certain horizontals: for white - on the fifth, for black - on the fourth. A field that crosses the opponent's pawn is under attack. Pick up the pawn from the opponent is possible only if it is done immediately, as soon as it is moved to two cells.

The capture on the chess pass (these rules have been discussed for a long time) is lost if it is not made in a reciprocal way. And so it will be with each new game.

If you plunge into history a little,that the capture on the aisle and the beaten field was established in chess six centuries ago. And it was simultaneously with the rule, according to which it was allowed to make the first move with a pawn, and not one, but two fields ahead. The rationale for such a rule is very simple: a pawn can not move absolutely freely, provided that the field of passage is under full control of the enemy, without fear of being "eaten".

The same, important move

The most important thing. Taking a pass in chess is a special move of one pawn, the most important one at which it can hit the opponent's pawn, which is moved to two fields. After all, it is known that the pawn can make its first move in the game two fields ahead. That is, she jumps over one field.

On the "line of fire" is completely wrongThe square stopped by the second pawn, namely, the one that was crossed by it. The first pawn will complete its capture exactly on this crossed field as if the opponent's pawn moved only one field. This has already been mentioned a little higher.

So. Clearly it will look like this:

A pawn of black color hits a pawn of white color,thus rises on the broken field, instead of there where there was a pawn white (so happens at usual impacts). It is possible to carry out the capture only on the next turn, because later this right does not work.

Some conditions and rules that must be observed

On the aisle, only a pawn is allowed to be beaten. Despite the fact that both the queen and the rook walk along the two fields, these figures are not allowed to be beaten on the aisle.

No other figure, apart from a pawn, can take on the aisle. This, it might be said, is an exclusive right, and it belongs exclusively to a pawn.

The ability to beat on the pass is used to move this very pawn. In other words, the next move. And nothing else. Otherwise, the opportunity is lost.

Since there are as many as eight pawns, theoretically there is a probability of taking eight times on the passage. Only this applies to different figures.

And it's not necessary to hit the aisle at all. I.e? There are situations when taking a pass is a serious mistake. What does it mean?

Take on the aisle. Play effectively - does not mean that it is effective

Almost any beginning chess player is sure,that the capture on the aisle will be a very bright beginning of the party. But do not forget that this, like all the rest, is just one of many other moves. He is no worse and no better than others. And sometimes it can be a huge mistake, just like some other move.

A vivid example to this is the following photo. So:

It clearly shows that Black has made a move. And whites at the same time were tempted by the opportunity to take it on the aisle.

Unfortunately, the White lost the rook. The party was lost.

In this particular case, taking the passage was a gross error. And it was not necessary to do this. You could not take a pawn, play somehow in a different way, thereby trying to keep the chances of winning.

Any chess player - both beginner andprofessional - you always have to remember that in this game the move is spectacular, or just beautiful, not in every case will be the most correct and best. All the mentioned rules should always be remembered when taking the pass, during each chess game, because in another case you can face the most absurd and not very pleasant surprises, or even lose.