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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