Chess Pawn's Power

Pawn

I really like the Pawn chess piece. He's kind of like the superman of chess. This little unassuming chess piece can do quite a bit of damage if you are not careful, or if you know how to use the Pawn's power.

According to the value of the chess pieces, the Pawn is the weakest chess piece on the board.

So how can a player be more likely to win if he is only "a Pawn ahead"?

Here's the story. There are so many puzzles in chess. Even though the Pawn is the lesser chess piece on the board, it can easily become the strongest quickly. It has the potential to always be a strong chess piece.

The chess board game is usually centered around the King, Queen, and the stronger pieces. So the Pawn chess piece is able many times to go - one square at a time - to the end square of the board unnoticed.

When a Pawn reaches the square at the end of the board, one of the captured pieces can be promoted. The Pawn has the choice of promoting any chess piece, but usually picks the Queen if she has been captured. The Pawn exchanges places with the promoted chess piece and the game goes on. The Queen chess piece is the most powerful player on the chess game board.

This is the reason why many chess board games have two Queens. A Pawn can choose this extra Queen and therefore have 2 Queens on the board in his color. What a turn in the outcome of the game that could be!

Pawn Promoting Queen

Keeping in mind that this is one of the rules that make chess a perfect strategy game.

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