Assertion: chess player's piece | /r/HasProperty | pawn
Facets:
value: usually
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: A back-rank checkmate is a checkmate delivered by a rook or queen along a back rank (that is, the row on which the pieces [not pawns] stand at the start of the game) in which the mated king is unable to move up the board because the king is blocked by friendly pieces (usually pawns) on the second rank.
text: Each player starts with sixteen pieces: eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen and one king.
text: A common method is for one player to conceal a piece (usually a pawn) of each color in either hand; the other player chooses a hand to open, and receives the color of the piece that is revealed.
text: This "supporting" piece can be a pawn, knight, bishop, or king.
text: A piece is interposed between the king and the attacking piece to break the line of threat (not possible when the attacking piece is a knight or pawn, or when in double check).
text: The shortest, least notable pieces are the pawns.
text: Player starts with sixteen pieces: eight pawns, two knights, two bishops, two rooks, one queen and one king.