Thanks for your reply.

Yes, I would like to see a sample game. Thanks again.

--- In forchessonline@yahoogroups.com, wechselstrom <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
> When the game begins, there are no empty squares for the pawns to
> move to. So, the only opening for a pawn is to capture an
opponent's
> pawn. Where the quoted text says, "the pawn is blocked and cannot
> move," it means that the pawn cannot MOVE DIAGONALLY because there
is
> no empty square there. However, it can CAPTURE an opponent
> LATERALLY. I hope I have clarified the issue. If not, it may be
> best to look at a sample game. Let me know.