“After Black recaptures BxQ, White is free to move his pawn to d6 and win back his queen after Black moves his king.”
“To her father, she was merely a bargaining tool, a pawn in the game of politics, not a daughter.”
“After the fall of Montreal in 1760, the French crown saw Louisiana as an expensive liability and used it as a pawn to induce Spain to join in the war against England in 1762.”
pawn
(chess) The most common chess piece, or a similar piece in a similar game. In chess each side has eight; moves are only forward, and attacks are only forward diagonally or en passant.
(colloquial) Someone who is being manipulated or used to some end, usually not the end that individual would prefer.
“After Black recaptures BxQ, White is free to move his pawn to d6 and win back his queen after Black moves his king.”
“To her father, she was merely a bargaining tool, a pawn in the game of politics, not a daughter.”
“After the fall of Montreal in 1760, the French crown saw Louisiana as an expensive liability and used it as a pawn to induce Spain to join in the war against England in 1762.”
“After Black recaptures BxQ, White is free to move his pawn to d6 and win back his queen after Black moves his king.”
“To her father, she was merely a bargaining tool, a pawn in the game of politics, not a daughter.”
“After the fall of Montreal in 1760, the French crown saw Louisiana as an expensive liability and used it as a pawn to induce Spain to join in the war against England in 1762.”
