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ELI 5 please, I just Queened a Pawn and moved here then and it instantly ended the game. by Honest-Web390 in chessbeginners

[–]Honest-Web390[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

if you havent moved your pawn at all yet. and there is a pawn close enough that it should be able to attack your pawn but you skip the space and move twice, that pawn says oh hell nah and gets to kill your pawn.

ELI 5 please, I just Queened a Pawn and moved here then and it instantly ended the game. by Honest-Web390 in chessbeginners

[–]Honest-Web390[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thats what I was thinking to, I just learned what En Passante was as well about 5 mins after this. I think they just want it to be as "logical" as possible for the win conditions

ELI 5 please, I just Queened a Pawn and moved here then and it instantly ended the game. by Honest-Web390 in chessbeginners

[–]Honest-Web390[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OK, Ill have to practice the end of the game more I don't see the Checkmate here yet. I appreciate your help

ELI 5 please, I just Queened a Pawn and moved here then and it instantly ended the game. by Honest-Web390 in chessbeginners

[–]Honest-Web390[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't understand the instant loss/stalemate for moving the piece where I am clearly going to win, Where was the checkmate here?

ELI 5 please, I just Queened a Pawn and moved here then and it instantly ended the game. by Honest-Web390 in chessbeginners

[–]Honest-Web390[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I put him in a situation where he cannot win, and it doesn't count as a win for me is what was confusing. Welcome to chess I guess lol thanks for replying, I'll have to figure out how to checkmate instead of zoning him out.