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A chess board mid-game with a green arrow showing a white pawn capturing diagonally and a red arrow showing a white pawn blocked by a black pawn ahead. Beside it: "Chess Tip" with a yellow exclamation mark. "While pawns can move forward, they cannot capture pieces moving directly forward. The reason for this is because if they look their opponent in the eye while they kill them, they will see only their own face:…

Chess Tip: Pawns, Class Solidarity, and Eye Contact

A chess tip diagram turns the pawn's no-forward-capture rule into a labor solidarity parable: pawns who see their enemy's face see a fellow worker.

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A chess board mid-game with a green arrow showing a white pawn capturing diagonally and a red arrow showing a white pawn blocked by a black pawn ahead. Beside it: "Chess Tip" with a yellow exclamation mark. "While pawns can move forward, they cannot capture pieces moving directly forward. The reason for this is because if they look their opponent in the eye while they kill them, they will see only their own face:…

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