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(f) The ordinary move of the pawn is simply one square straight forward – it cannot retreat.
When making a capture, the pawn moves one square diagonally forward. .
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The pawn is the weakest chess piece, but there are
some special points about the way it moves. From
its initial position in the second row, it can advance
by two squares. Whether to move it one or two
squares is up to the player. However, once it has
moved one square, a double move is no longer
possible.
The pawn
captures in a different direction from
the way it moves , ie it captures diagonally one
square left or right. This also applies to the pawn
in its initial position. The diagram shows all
possible
pawn moves and captures.
The white pawn can advance one or two squares, or it can capture the black knight. The black
pawn has already advanced one square from its initial position, and can therefore either
advance
another square, or capture the white rook.
On reaching the far end of the board, a pawn is “promoted”, i.e. changed into a queen, rook, bishop
or knight. The player chooses the piece (normally a queen), and places it on the square to which
his
pawn has just advanced. The pawn is removed from the board.
4.1.3 Check and checkmate: winning the game
If a player attacks one piece unnoticed by his opponent, that piece is lost. With the king,
however, the situation is different as it cannot be captured. It can be attacked like any other
piece, but the attack must be countered in the next move. As this attack is actually threatening
to
check - with the king subsequently being in a check position – a less experienced player
will at that moment announce “ check
” to warn the opponent. Your computer will do just that,
but note that it is not really necessary.
There are basically three ways to counter a threatened
check :
1) The king moves to a square not under threat;
2) The threatening piece is captured;
3) Another piece is positioned between the threatening piece and the king.