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    Pawn (chess) - Wikipedia

    Each player begins a game with eight pawns, one on each square of their second rank. The white pawns start on a2 through h2; the black pawns start on a7 through h7. Individual pawns are referred to by the file on which they stand. For example, one speaks of "White's f-pawn" or "Black's b-pawn". See more

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    The pawn (♙, ♟) is the most numerous and weakest piece in the game of chess. It may move one square directly forward, it may move two squares directly forward on its first move, and it may capture one square diagonally … See more

    Each player begins the game with eight pawns placed along their second rank.
    A pawn may move by vertically advancing to a vacant square ahead. The first time a pawn moves, it … See more

    Pawn structure
    The pawn structure, the configuration of pawns on the chessboard, mostly determines the strategic flavor of a game. While other pieces can usually be moved to more favorable positions if they are temporarily badly … See more

    The pawn has its origins in the oldest version of chess, chaturanga, and it is present in all other significant versions of the game as well. In chaturanga, this piece could move one square directly forward and could capture one square diagonally forward. See more

    Unicode defines three codepoints for a pawn:
    ♙ U+2659 White Chess Pawn
    ♟ U+265F Black Chess Pawn
    🨅 U+1FA05 Neutral Chess Pawn See more

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    2. ^ Hooper & Whyld 1996, pp. 124–25. en passant.
    3. ^ Mike Klein, Controversial … See more

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  2. Pawn - Chess Terms - Chess.com

    There is a special rule in chess regarding pawn captures known as en passant. If a white pawn is on the fifth rank and a black pawn's first move places it directly next to the white pawn, then the white pawn can capture the black pawn as if …

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    Although the pawn is the weakest piece, each player begins the game with eight pawns, on the 2nd rank for White and 7th rank for Black, making them amazing pieces to efficiently take and control space on the board.

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