pawn
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- noun
- /pɔn/
:
peón
- During the match, she moved her pawn forward two spaces on its first turn.
- rook and pawn
- queen and pawn
I wouldn't build anything about pawns and rooks because I'm not a chess expert.
- I wouldn't build anything about pawns and rooks because I'm not a chess expert.
Examples
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You have to sacrifice your pawn to save your queen.
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A pawn on a chess board.
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If White actually accepts the pawn, then Black is pretty close to winning by force.
Blog text (20) -
But also when you push pawns, it helps free up some of your pieces.
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And the white pawn wearing the second lieutenant's gold bar would be promoted to knight.
Fiction book (2000) -
And if my calculations are correct, the pawns are moving in to checkmate as we speak.
Fiction book (1999) -
The little pawn, he sighed, had crawled as a modest caterpillar to the last square and become a queen.
Fiction book (1999) -
In chess, the pawn can be promoted to a queen if it reaches the opponent's back rank.
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To capture an opponent's piece, the pawn must move diagonally to the left or right.
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Etymology
The word pawn for the chess piece comes from an old word peon meaning 'foot soldier' or 'person on foot', so a pawn is the small, low-power piece that moves like a foot soldier and can become stronger if it reaches the far side of the board.