Consider the starting position of a chess game, but with only the pawns (see figure below). These move as in the original game (including the option of moving two squares on the first move of each one and the capture of the pawn). in passing). White starts. The winner is the player who promotes a pawn or who prevents the opponent from moving (either because he has no pieces or because he is trapped).

The notation for recording games follows the usual process used in chess, with algebraic notation (columns a–h, lines 1–8).