Answers.Body: <p>As you probably know, sometimes the word "pieces" itself is used for that (you can say for example: white has two pieces and three pawns left). But that isn't very practical to use.</p>
  
  <p>The only solution I can think of is using <strong>light pieces, heavy pieces and a king</strong>.</p>
  
  <p>Not a one word, but at least it can be used in your sentence.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: More commonly, major and minor pieces, rather than heavy and light.
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Answers.Text: Yes you're right. Heavy and light came to my mind first...
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Answers.Text: The chessmen which are not pawns are called **pieces**. Why is that impractical?
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Answers.Text: What I would like to know is, is there a gender-neutral term that covers both pieces and pawns?
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Answers.Text: `@bof` It is impractical simply because the word "pieces" has more meanings and someone may be confused by it. To your second comment - probably there isn't such a term... :-(
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Answers.Text: @bof The term "units" is sometimes used.
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Body: <p>I'm trying to describe chess to a person, and one of my sentences was:</p>
  
  <p><em>"Two rows, one with</em> <strong><em>pawns</em></strong> <em>and another with [non-pawns]"</em></p>
  
  <p>What would the collection of King, Queen, Bishops, Knights and Towers be called?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: See also this question: https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/14145
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Comments.Text: @Bad_Bishop Related, but not a dupe. But either way, I got my answer from my question
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Title: Is there a name for non-pawn pieces?
ThreadText: # Is there a name for non-pawn pieces?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-08)
  
  I'm trying to describe chess to a person, and one of my sentences was:
  
  *"Two rows, one with* ***pawns*** *and another with [non-pawns]"*
  
  What would the collection of King, Queen, Bishops, Knights and Towers be called?
  
  **Tags:** terminology
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: See also this question: https://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/14145  
  > **username_0**: @Bad_Bishop Related, but not a dupe. But either way, I got my answer from my question  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-05-08. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  As you probably know, sometimes the word "pieces" itself is used for that (you can say for example: white has two pieces and three pawns left). But that isn't very practical to use.
  
  The only solution I can think of is using **light pieces, heavy pieces and a king**.
  
  Not a one word, but at least it can be used in your sentence.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: More commonly, major and minor pieces, rather than heavy and light.  
  > **username_2**: Yes you're right. Heavy and light came to my mind first...  
  > **username_4**: The chessmen which are not pawns are called **pieces**. Why is that impractical?  
  > **username_4**: What I would like to know is, is there a gender-neutral term that covers both pieces and pawns?  
  > **username_2**: `@username_4` It is impractical simply because the word "pieces" has more meanings and someone may be confused by it. To your second comment - probably there isn't such a term... :-(  
  > **username_5**: @username_4 The term "units" is sometimes used.  
  
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