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En passant an exception?
I don't get this. An en passant capture is available for one move only. So after, say, 1. e4 e6 2. e5 d5, we indeed have a case where white's pawn on e5 is attacking black's on d5, but not vice versa. But since it is white's turn at this point, no paralysis takes effect. Come black's turn, white has either taken the en passant capture or permanently declined it. In the latter case, the pawn on d5 is no longer attacked, therefore can move.
Or is it trying to say:
white's right to capture en passant expires when his move 4 comes round, rather than when he has just played his move 3, and so the black pawn is still immobile for one move?
it's still conceptually a case where one piece is immobilising the other but not vice versa, although it has no effect in practice?
