Rules: More Moves For Pawns and Queens

— 1400's

See wikipedia and queens.

During the 15th century in Europe, the rules for chess continued their evolution toward the modern game we now today:

• Pawns could now move two squares on its first move.

• This change necessitated the en passant rule. Without en passant, a pawn could unfairly scoot past an advanced enemy pawn by moving two squares, jumping over the square on which the enemy pawn could have captured it.

• Queens could now move like a rook and a bishop. Prior to this change, the queen could move only 1 or 2 squares and was relatively weak.