The Pawn

The pawn is special because it has two different moves. One type of move is where it moves to the empty square directly in front of it.

The other type of move is where it moves to capture a piece in front on the left, or in front on the right.

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A pawn's move

When a pawn moves straight
ahead, the square it moves to
must be empty.

. A pawn's first move

On it's first move,
the pawn may move
two squares straight ahead.
It may not jump when
making this move.

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