White to move

The pawn · forward into adventure

Rules · Lesson 8 of 18

What it’s about

  1. Pawns move one square forward. From their starting rank they may move two squares if both are empty.
  2. They capture one square diagonally forward, never backwards. White heads for rank eight, Black for rank one.
  3. On the last rank a pawn becomes a queen, rook, bishop or knight. In the learning game, reaching it finishes the task.
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