Pawn (chess)
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The pawn (♙,♟) is the most numerous piece in the game of chess, and in most circumstances, also the weakest. It historically represents infantry, or more particularly, armed peasants or pikemen.
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See also
- Backward pawn
- Chess piece
- Chess piece relative value
- Connected pawns
- Doubled pawns
- Isolated pawn
- King and pawn versus king endgame
- Passed pawn
- Pawn structure
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