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en passant is ONLY for pawns who have just moved for two spaces immediately out of their starting position.

When chess rules started getting formalized, camp A said "pawns move one space forward only" and camp B said "pawns can move two spaces the first time they move". The compromise was the ability for a pawn from the enemy side to still capture a pawn that would've been an available kill if it only moved once. From french it means "in passing".

No, en passant does not apply to any pawn, especially on pawns 3 spaces from starting position. Red pawn is not subject to en passant because the three criteria are not met.

1) Enemy pawn in C row
2) Your pawn in B row moving onto D row
3) C must act immediately to capitalize on en passant. Waiting a turn to do something with a knight or queen or whatever removes the window of en passant
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