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The FIDE Laws Of Chess. The official rules of Chess from the World Chess Federation.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Michael Nelson wrote on Sun, Jun 6, 2004 02:31 PM UTC:
A pawn can make a normal diagonal capture on its first move but it can't capture en passant on its first move -- this is not a legal restriction, but due to the fact that a pawn on its strating square is not in the correct position to make an ep capture.