The basics · 3 lessons
Special moves
Three moves follow their own rules: castling, en passant and promotion.
- Castling Castling moves the king two squares toward a rook, and the rook jumps over it. It keeps the king safe.
- En passant A pawn that jumps two squares past an enemy pawn can be taken as if it had moved one, on the very next move.
- Promotion A pawn that reaches the last rank becomes a queen, rook, bishop or knight.