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Hutnik's asks origin of Pawn moving NSEW and capturing omni-diagonally.
Centennial Chess Steward is also called QuadraPawn used after Centennial
invented in 1990's in number of other CVs. Offhand ''Corporal'' and Sergeant exist under other names. We are clearly at the re-inventing stage, where (almost) nothing new under the Sun.  //Second Comment: Hutnik is assuming 9 and more ranks (''rows'' is equivocal) throughout this thread. If only 8 ranks and 9 or more files, there is no need for Pawn enhancement at all. //Thirdly, Big Battle invented 1994 and patented has interesting Pawn enhancement, facing the overwhelming empty space 10x10 dumps on the players. I.e., Big Battle Pawns can move 1, 2, or 3 spaces non-capturing any time, not just from their array.