Memorize the special moves of the pawn You may play quite a few games before you need or care to use the following. But it's nice to have them in your arsenal. The first time each pawn is moved, it has the option of moving two spaces forward instead of the usual one space.
Pawns capture only by moving diagonally.
This is the only way they can capture, and the only way they can move diagonally. The captured pawn is then removed as if captured normally. Pawns may be promoted to either a knight, rook, bishop, or queen, regardless of what has been previously captured.