Pawn

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Pawn, (♙) the smallest and initially weakest chess man, restricted to move only one empty square forward, or to control and capture one square diagonally forward. A pawn on its original second (White) or seventh (Black) rank may push two empty squares forward, but may immediately captured en passant if that double push crosses a square conrolled by an opponent pawn. A pawn arriving to its final rank promotes - most often to a queen, rarely to a rook, bishop or knight.

=Pawn Topics=
 * En passant
 * Pawn Advantage, Win Percentage, and Elo
 * Pawn Pattern and Properties
 * Pawn Structure
 * Promotions
 * Score
 * Centipawns
 * Millipawns

=Chess Programs=
 * Pedone
 * Pion

=External Links=
 * Pawn (chess) from Wikipedia

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