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Passed Pawn

A Pawn whose advance to the eighth rank is not blocked by an opposing Pawn in the same file and who does not have to pass one on an adjoining file is called a passed Pawn.

Here White has two passed pawns, and Black none.

								8
								7
								6
								5
								4
								3
								2
								1
a	b	c	d	e	f	g	h