[ Help | Earliest Comments | Latest Comments ][ List All Subjects of Discussion | Create New Subject of Discussion ][ List Earliest Comments Only For Pages | Games | Rated Pages | Rated Games | Subjects of Discussion ]Single Comment The FIDE Laws Of Chess. The official rules of Chess from the World Chess Federation.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating] John Lawson wrote on Sun, Apr 11, 2004 09:40 PM UTC:Bill - On its first move, a pawn may move 1 or 2 squares forward. Or, it may capture, but never more than one square diagonally.