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Why do kings need en-passant?

• clan 4y ago
  It seems like they play until you have a winner. With only kings left (with normal chess rules) you would have a remis (draw). Kings are simply not allowed to move into a threatened position. Edit: No it does not make much sense. Re-read the rules. I'll be the old grump who prefers the old vanilla boring rules.
  • rawling 4y ago
    Yeah, but I don't see how en passant helps with this. If you can get them en passant by going diagonally, you can get them normally by going sideways, but they'd have just taken you instead of passing in the first place...
• marcofiset 4y ago
  I don't know and it's not even possible. One of the kings would need to get next to the other, which is an illegal move.
• jjnoakes 4y ago
  One king can walk two spaces on a turn without getting too close to the other king. Then the other king might roll high enough to land on a square that the first king passed through on the previous turn.