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Pawn most often refers to:

Pawn (chess), the weakest and most numerous chess piece in the game
Pawnbroker or pawnshop, a business that provides loans by taking personal property as collateral

Pawn or The Pawn may also refer to:

Places

Pawn, Oregon, an historic forest community
Pawn River, Burma
Noatak Airport, International Civil Aviation Organization code PAWN

Arts, entertainment, and media

Pawn (2013 film), an American film
The Pawn (film), a 1978 French film
Pawn (2020 film), a South Korean film
The Pawn (video game), 1985 interactive fiction game
"Pawns", a song on the 2017 Paloma Faith album The Architect

Other uses

Pawnship, debt bondage slavery
Pawn, another name for a pledge in certain jurisdictions

People with the surname

Doris Pawn (1894–1988), an American actress of the silent film era

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-'''Pawn''' may refer to:
+'''Pawn''' most often refers to:
+* [[Pawn (chess)]], the weakest and most numerous chess piece in the game
+* [[Pawnbroker]] or pawnshop, a business that provides loans by taking personal property as collateral
+'''Pawn''' or '''The Pawn''' may also refer to:
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 ==Arts, entertainment, and media==
-* [[Pawn (chess)]], the weakest and most numerous piece in the game
 * [[Pawn (2013 film)|''Pawn'' (2013 film)]], an American film
 * [[The Pawn (film)|''The Pawn'' (film)]], a 1978 French film
 * [[Pawn (2020 film)|''Pawn'' (2020 film)]], a South Korean film
-* ''[[The Pawn]]'', a 1980s text adventure
+* [[The Pawn (video game)|''The Pawn'' (video game)]], 1985 interactive fiction game
+* "Pawns", a song on the 2017 Paloma Faith album ''[[The Architect (Paloma Faith album)|The Architect]]''
 ==Other uses==
-* [[Pawnbroker]] or pawnshop, a business that provides loans by taking personal property as collateral
 * [[Pawnship]], debt bondage slavery
 * Pawn, another name for a [[pledge (law)|pledge]] in certain jurisdictions
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 * [[Prawn (disambiguation)]]
-== Chess ==
-* General things to know: In chess, a pawn is a piece that is worth 1 point. Each player has 8 pawns at the start of the game. The pawns start on the 2nd and 7th rank for white and black respectively. On each pawn's first move, they can move 2 squares towards the opponent's side and after their first move, they can only move one square at a time.
-* En passant: For white, if your pawn is on the 5th rank and your opponent pushes their pawn forward 2 squares, you can take en passant which means that you could take the opponent's pawn. You can only en passant if the pawn your opponent pushed is adjacent to your pawn. Your pawn would go one square closer to the opponent and go to the same collum as the pawn you captured. For black, this is the same but black's pawn must be on the 4th rank.
-* Promotion: If your pawn reaches the 8th or 1st rank for white and black respectively, they can promote. This means that you can replace that pawn with either a knight, bishop, rook, or queen. (Your pawn can't promote to a king because that would be too OP). In OTB (over the board) chess, when you are going to promote, you switch the piece you are promoting to with the pawn then you hit your clock (push down your clock button). If you hit the clock before you change your pawn for a piece, (in FIDE rated competitions), the first time you don't promote before you hit the clock, your opponent gains 2 minutes and you are forced to promote to a queen. In USCF-rated tournaments, if you hit the clock before you promote, your opponent has every right to hit the clock back without making a move and not give any explanation. If you hit the clock again without making a move AND not changing your pawn, your opponent can keep hitting the clock back without giving any explanations. (This might change for USCF-rated tournaments because time controls with increments (you get more time whenever you hit the clock) are becoming more popular.)
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Latest revision as of 07:47, 28 October 2024

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Arts, entertainment, and media

Other uses

People with the surname

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