black pawn

Dark minor piece

A black pawn is one of the eight pawns belonging to the player with the dark-colored pieces in chess.

Pawns are the smallest and most numerous pieces, moving forward one square at a time but capturing diagonally.

In standard chess notation, pawns are identified by their file: The black pawn on e5 was vulnerable to attack.

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Smallest piece, light army

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Chess piece, dark side's strongest

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