Chess is a game for two. One player (White) uses white pieces, and the second player (Black) usually plays black pieces. The board is divided into 64 small black and white squares (fields). If the player’s king is under the check and the player doesn’t have a single move to eliminate this check, this player is called “mate”. The goal of the game is to checkmate the opponent's king. There are several special rules in chess that may seem illogical at first. They were designed to make the game more fun and interesting. A pawn has one remarkable feature - if it reaches the opposite side of the board, it can become any other piece (this is called "turning the pawn"). A pawn can turn into any shape. There is a misconception that a pawn can turn into only one of the previously taken pieces. This is not true. As a rule, a pawn is turned into a queen. Only pawns can turn into other pieces.
The last rule regarding pawns is called "taking on the aisle". A pawn that has just advanced two fields in one move from its original position can be taken by an opponent's pawn occupying the field on the same vertical and on the next line, as if the last move of the taken pawn was only on one field that it passed. Such a capture is possible only by a move that follows a two-field advance, and is impossible afterwards. Study the example to better understand this unusual, but important rule.
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