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Words related to pawn

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  • impawn

    to put in pawn; pledge.

  • passed pawn

    a pawn with no opposing pawn either on an adjacent file or on its own file.

  • capped pawn

    a pawn that has been singled out or marked by a strong player as the one with which he or she intends to effect checkmate in giving a weaker opponent odds.

  • en passant

    in passing: in chess, said of capturing a pawn that has made an initial move of two squares to its fourth rank, bypassing the square where an enemy pawn on its own fifth rank could capture it. The capture is made as if the captured pawn had moved one square instead of two

  • hock

    the state of being deposited or held as security; pawn: She was forced to put her good jewelry in hock.

  • king's-pawn openings

    a class of chess openings in which the pawn in front of the king is advanced two squares on the first move.
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