Meaning en passant
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en passantFrench, literally "in passing," from present participle of passer "to pass" (see pass (v.)). In reference to chess, first attested 1818.
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en passantWhen you change a value as it is being copied. [From French, "in passing", as in the exotic pawn-capturing maneuver in chess.]
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en passantWhen you change a value
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en passant(of a trump that is not high) by virtue of favorable location behind a higher trump. [Example: Spades are trumps, and the remaining spades are East's seven and South's (declarer's) five [..]
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en passantFrench for "In Passing", it's the name of a Rule, involving Pawns only, that was a introduced to curb a player from attempting to avoid capture by advancing his Pawn, beyond an enemy Pawn, in the enemy's half of the board ... With the En Passant Rule, if this fight-avoidance move happens, once the cowardly Pawn is level, the ene [..]
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en passantA play technique for winning a trick with a low trump when an opponent has a favorably located higher trump.
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en passantFrench "in passing." It occurs when a pawn moves two squares from its starting position, and passes an enemy pawn that has advanced to its fifth rank. The advanced pawn on the fifth rank may [..]
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