Greg Strong wrote on Mon, Nov 11, 2019 08:45 PM UTC:
So if the player moved a pawn two spaces and the placed a piece on the square passed over you would allow capture of both with a single move? To me, that doesn't fit comfortably with the spirit of chess. Pritchard notes that the rule has changed over time, probably for good reason. Similarly, Marseillais Chess is now played in 'balanced' form because it is clearly superior. Old games do evolve and that's a good thing.
Here is the thread on Talk Chess where this was discussed. In it I actually started iwth Fergus' view and was persuaded to adopt my current view.
So if the player moved a pawn two spaces and the placed a piece on the square passed over you would allow capture of both with a single move? To me, that doesn't fit comfortably with the spirit of chess. Pritchard notes that the rule has changed over time, probably for good reason. Similarly, Marseillais Chess is now played in 'balanced' form because it is clearly superior. Old games do evolve and that's a good thing.
Here is the thread on Talk Chess where this was discussed. In it I actually started iwth Fergus' view and was persuaded to adopt my current view.