 The Pawn
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The Pawn is the only piece that is limited to moving in only one direction: straight ahead. With one exception (noted shortly), a Pawn moves one square forward unless its path is blocked by one of his own or an enemy's piece. In this position the Pawns can move only one square ahead. Note that White's Pawn moves in the opposite direction to Black's Pawn.
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| The Pawn has one important option. When a Pawn is moved from its opening position - even if this occurs late in the game - that Pawn on its first move has the option of moving one square or two. Thus in the diagram at left either of the Pawns can move to either of the squares marked by dots. |
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| The Pawn's capturing method differs from the way it moves. The Pawn moves by advancing straight along a file. In capturing, however, the Pawn can take an enemy piece only if that piece is located on either of the diagonally-forward adjoining squares - that is, one square forward to the right or left as indicated on the diagram (the black Pawn). |
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| White's Pawn can capture either of Black's Rooks, but not the Bishop (not only can the Pawn not take the Bishop, it also can't move forward, because of it). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
There are some special powers that the Pawn poses.
They are discussed in the Special Pawn Powers section
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