Pawns: The Soldiers of Chess
This, is a pawn.
Now you may be thinking:
"It's the weakest piece on the board"
"There's 8 of them, who cares if I lose them"
"They're so useless"
If you think any of the following, you are absolutely TRAGICALLY mistaken.
Today I will show you why.
First off, Let me ask you something. When you play chess, do you do this with your pawns at the start of the game?
Pawns, Kings, and Knights were the first ever pieces, in Chaturanga, a game that started in India.
This is the origin of chess, and pawns.
In Chaturanga, there are 6 different pieces. Mentioned previously, the knights were chariots and the pawns were infantry.
Replacing bishops were elephants.
They move exactly 2 spaces diagonally and can jump over pieces.
Sailboats replaced the rook. They both move the same.
And replacing queens was the ferz moving one square diagonally.
But anyways,
Pawns, have the ability to upgrade, which is called promotion.
Promotion
They can turn a tragic game...
Into a strong advantage.
So next time you look at a pawn, don't think of it as a weak piece that can hardly move anywhere, think of it as a potential queen.
poor Martyn... I mean we have to look at this again. No one other than Ding Liren can do that to another Grandmaster.
At least, I think...
And if you think that's great,
wait 'till you hear about...
en passant.
En Passant is French for "in passing"
Basically, it is a move that pawns can do to bend the rules of chess, by capturing a pawn that moved two squares immediately before the move, and sliding beside it, removing it from the board.
And if you think that's great, wait 'till you see Magnus get checkmated by an en passant discovery attack!
Forget "poor Martyn" this is INSANE.
So yeah, if you've been thinking quotes at the beginning of the blog, I just happily changed your mind.
Thanks for reading about the soldiers of chess, pawns, and have a nice day.
