3, section a, the pawn at K 2 has the choice of moving either to K 3 or at once to K 4. The pawn may only move one square at a time, straight forward on the file on which it is placed, with the option of moving two squares at first starting. Thus a player may have at the end of a game as many new pieces as pawns reach the eight squares. Even though the player has still his full complement of pieces, any pawn may be so converted. If it reaches the 'eight' square, it may be converted, according to the choice of the player, into a Bishop, Knight, Rook, or Queen. Like the private soldier, who is supposed 'to carry the marshal's baton in his knapsack,' the pawn may be promoted to the highest rank. The pawn, is, so to speak, the tirailleur it engages the enemy, advances into the opponent's camp, and clears the road for the officers who follow in its wake to the attack the pawn is mostly the first victim, and in the large majority of cases the pawn decides the game. The pawns are the rank and file of the array. The pawn, in spite of its limited power of movement, plays a most important rôle amongst the forces.

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