PAWN

“Pawngo”

Nobility (TO)

Pawns are Tidy and Organized in

their movement. They can organize

together to form pawn-chains.

Keeping a tidy pawn-chain

will prevent a pawn from

being captured!

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Starting Position

A pawn moves forward 1 space per turn. Each pawn can choose to move 1 or 2 spaces on their first move.

Pawns! We start the game with 8 pawns per side, 16 total.

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Never Backwards

A pawn can only move 1 space forward, never backwards, after it’s first move.

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First Move

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Stuck!

Any piece directly in front of a pawn, blocks it from forward movement.

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A pawn chain is formed when two or more pawns organize to form a diagonal. pawn chains are great for defense and center control.

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Pawn Chain

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CaptureWhite to move. The pawn on d4 can either move forward to pass the opponent’s pawns, or capture one of them by moving diagonally.

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Capture! White pawn moves diagonally, forward one space to the right, from d4 to e5, and captured one of the opponent’s pawns.

Question: Is the white pawn, now on e5, safe from capture? !

Yes or No !(circle one)

BIG TAKEAWAY!

Task: Label this Chess board’s rows and files.

Q: How many pawns do we start the game with? !!!

Q: How many pawns are missing from this board?

Q: How many white pawns are in danger of being captured?

Q: How many pawn chains are on this board? (circle them!) !!

Task: Write the location of 3 pawns. example !!___ ___ ___

unscramble these letters:

i g a d o l a n __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Q: How many black pawns are in danger of being captured?

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