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Topic: One-square move and en passant
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Okay, I didn't know what title to put, so I'm sorry if it's not too clear what this is about.
Basically, have you ever been in a position where you want to make a two-square move with your pawn, but think that if you do so your opponent will capture en passant, so you make a one-square move with the pawn intending to push it one more time on the next move if your opponent doesn't take it?
This in essence sounds like a loss of time, because you're doing in two moves what you could have done (and intended from the start) in one single move. However, it seems to me like there are actually good, real reasons to do that. For instance, the usual reason is because you think your opponent will capture your pawn if you move it two squares, but won't or might not otherwise. This has very little to do with chess, and it sounds fundamentally like a human thing more than an objective thing.
Anyway, do you do it or not? Do you sometimes push a pawn only one square forward instead of two, hoping your opponent won't take it and intending to move it again on the next move?
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In my opinion, attempting to sneak pawns past one's opponents' is cowardly 
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Yeah I do that sometimes, but not because I think my opponent will capture it en passant, I actually fear he won't. If I want my pawn to be captured on the third (or sixth) row I can't risk to move it two squares hoping my opponent will capture it en passant, so I just move it one square and reserve myself the possibility of pushing it again in case my opponent doesn't capture it. Hope that answered your question, partially. 
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You are simply being cunning - an admirable skill for any player.
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If you move 1 square you threaten to capture you opponents pawn. That could force your opponent to capture or push past. This could be a critical factor
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