In this game, the pawns always move one step forward. In chess the fist movements is different. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_(chess)

> Pawn movement: A pawn can move to the square directly in front of itself, if that square is clear. A pawn on its starting rank has the option of moving two squares.

All I see is what appears to be some weirdly colored landscape. There is no text or anything to explain what I am looking at, and there do not appear to be any interactive elements on the page or any time-varying content.

Does the site esquire a plugin or something? If so, the author should at least put something there in HTML to explain what is required.

the cards power up the pawns in this game so advancing two squares to speed up the game is unnecessary (it gets hectic pretty quickly)

absolute rubbish