Movement rules Paws can only move forward.
When a pawn makes a non-capturing move, it goes one square forwards. A pawn captures one square diagonally forwards. When a pawn reaches a promotion square, that is, a square on the last row of the board at the opponents side, it promotes. The owner of the pawn may decide to which piece the pawn promotes. In standard chess, this is a queen, rook, knight, or bishop of the same color as the pawn.