diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameController.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameController.scala
index 64e8d3a..4e3b47d 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameController.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameController.scala
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ object GameController:
       case PromotionPiece.Bishop => PieceType.Bishop
       case PromotionPiece.Knight => PieceType.Knight
     val newBoard    = boardAfterMove.updated(to, Piece(turn, promotedPieceType))
-    val newHistory  = history.addMove(from, to, None, Some(piece))
+    // Promotion is always a pawn move → clock resets
+    val newHistory = history.addMove(from, to, None, Some(piece), wasPawnMove = true)
     toMoveResult(newBoard, newHistory, captured, turn)
 
   // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -91,7 +92,9 @@ object GameController:
           val capturedSq = EnPassantCalculator.capturedPawnSquare(to, turn)
           (b.removed(capturedSq), board.pieceAt(capturedSq))
         else (b, cap)
-    val newHistory = history.addMove(from, to, castleOpt)
+    val wasPawnMove = board.pieceAt(from).exists(_.pieceType == PieceType.Pawn)
+    val wasCapture  = captured.isDefined
+    val newHistory  = history.addMove(from, to, castleOpt, wasPawnMove = wasPawnMove, wasCapture = wasCapture)
     toMoveResult(newBoard, newHistory, captured, turn)
 
   private def toMoveResult(newBoard: Board, newHistory: GameHistory, captured: Option[Piece], turn: Color): MoveResult =
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameControllerTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameControllerTest.scala
index c379d4a..3ec0330 100644
--- a/modules/core/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameControllerTest.scala
+++ b/modules/core/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/chess/controller/GameControllerTest.scala
@@ -488,3 +488,39 @@ class GameControllerTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers:
       PromotionPiece.Knight, Color.White
     )
     result should be (MoveResult.Stalemate)
+
+  // ──── half-move clock propagation ────────────────────────────────────
+
+  test("processMove: non-pawn non-capture increments halfMoveClock"):
+    // g1f3 is a knight move — not a pawn, not a capture
+    processMove(Board.initial, GameHistory.empty, Color.White, "g1f3") match
+      case MoveResult.Moved(_, newHistory, _, _) =>
+        newHistory.halfMoveClock shouldBe 1
+      case other => fail(s"Expected Moved, got $other")
+
+  test("processMove: pawn move resets halfMoveClock to 0"):
+    processMove(Board.initial, GameHistory.empty, Color.White, "e2e4") match
+      case MoveResult.Moved(_, newHistory, _, _) =>
+        newHistory.halfMoveClock shouldBe 0
+      case other => fail(s"Expected Moved, got $other")
+
+  test("processMove: capture resets halfMoveClock to 0"):
+    // White pawn on e5, Black pawn on d6 — exd6 is a capture
+    val board = Board(Map(
+      sq(File.E, Rank.R5) -> Piece.WhitePawn,
+      sq(File.D, Rank.R6) -> Piece.BlackPawn,
+      sq(File.E, Rank.R1) -> Piece.WhiteKing,
+      sq(File.E, Rank.R8) -> Piece.BlackKing
+    ))
+    val history = GameHistory(halfMoveClock = 10)
+    processMove(board, history, Color.White, "e5d6") match
+      case MoveResult.Moved(_, newHistory, _, _) =>
+        newHistory.halfMoveClock shouldBe 0
+      case other => fail(s"Expected Moved, got $other")
+
+  test("processMove: clock carries from previous history on non-pawn non-capture"):
+    val history = GameHistory(halfMoveClock = 5)
+    processMove(Board.initial, history, Color.White, "g1f3") match
+      case MoveResult.Moved(_, newHistory, _, _) =>
+        newHistory.halfMoveClock shouldBe 6
+      case other => fail(s"Expected Moved, got $other")