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bobby wrote on Sun, Aug 31, 2003 03:28 AM UTC:
can a pawn take a king

Tony Quintanilla wrote on Sun, Aug 31, 2003 04:02 AM UTC:
<p>A Pawn can threaten to take a King; this is called 'check'. Kings never actually get taken. When the King cannot escape being taken on the next turn, this is called 'checkmate'. See the rules of Chess at this <a href='http://www.chessvariants.com/d.chess/chess.html'>link</a>.</p>

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