peón

peón

Physically, the smallest unit on the chessboard. A Pawn moves straight ahead but captures diagonally. Originally, a Pawn could only ever move a single square forward. During the renaissance a player was given the option of moving a Pawn forward two squares on its first move. If a Pawn reaches the eighth rank, it must be promoted to another piece.

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Games; Chess

A Pawn whose adjacent files contain no Pawns of the same color. An isolated Pawns is weak because it, and the square in front of it, cannot be defended by other Pawns.

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Short for Checkmate.

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Games; Chess

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A tournament which is open to any player.

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Games; Chess

Official FIDE publication setting forth the Laws of Chess.

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Games; Chess

The strongest piece on the board (but second in size to the King) and which combines the moves of the Bishop and the Rook, namely is able to move along diagonals, ranks, or files ...