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the smallest piece on the board, dreaming of becoming a queen.
means A person used by others to serve their own ends, with little power or choice of their own; also the lowest-ranked chess piece, or to leave an item as security for a loan.
from From Old French 'paon' or 'peon,' meaning a foot soldier, which traces back to Latin 'pedo, pedonem' — 'one who goes on foot' (from 'pes, pedis,' foot, the same root behind 'pedal' and 'pedestrian'). The expendable infantryman became the expendable chess piece, and from there the figure of speech for anyone moved about by someone more powerful. The unrelated 'pawn' meaning a pledge or loan comes through a separate French word 'pan,' a pledge or surety.
- promotion
- Reaching the last rank, it can become any piece.
- only forward
- It alone can never retreat or move backward.
- en passant
- It captures a square no enemy occupies.
- origin
- Named for medieval foot soldiers, the expendable infantry.
- diagonal kill
- It moves straight but slays only sideways.
pawn stars — tv show that premiered on history channel in 2009 featuring the gold & silver pawn shop in las vegas
bobby fischer's pawn sacrifice — game 6 of 1972 world chess championship where fischer's pawn play defeated spassky in reykjavik