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interception or attacking an opponent's piece

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the en passant rule entered the game as an option to evoke a special form of a pawn capture

Origins: Ruy Lopez - Book II Children Chess DVDs The House of Staunton isToday's openings are reruns of an old sitcom that we have all seen a hundred times before, while for players in the past, life on the chess board was wild, unexplored territory. Learning the details of that gigantic entity, the Ruy Lopez (from either side), is on par with the time that hateful 7th grade teacher made us memorize the capital cities of every country in the world in alphabetical order! The Origins series is an attempt at a "big picture"