The Pawn moves only one square at a time, and that straight forward, except in the act of capturing, when it takes one step diagonally to the right or left file on to the square occupied by the man taken, and continues on that file until it captures another man.
-- Howard Staunton
   
Howard Staunton   Name:
Howard Staunton
Type:
Celebrity
Nationality:
English
Birth:
1810
Death:
1874
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