From d834371ca3384f58a3c946b28b7f0d3ea78d0466 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: CT <cody.trainer@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 15:57:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] change string != string to !string.equals(string) in pawn

---
 Pawn.java | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Pawn.java b/Pawn.java
index cfcdbaa..6b35730 100644
--- a/Pawn.java
+++ b/Pawn.java
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ public class Pawn extends Piece {
     // diagonal moves (captures)
     if (Board.inBounds(new Position(pos.x + 1, pos.y + colorDir))
         && !board.isOpen(new Position(pos.x + 1, pos.y + colorDir))
-        && board.board[pos.x + 1][pos.y + colorDir].color != this.color) {
+        && !board.board[pos.x + 1][pos.y + colorDir].color.equals(this.color)) {
       positions.add(new Position(pos.x + 1, pos.y + colorDir));
     }
     if (Board.inBounds(new Position(pos.x - 1, pos.y + colorDir))
         && !board.isOpen(new Position(pos.x - 1, pos.y + colorDir))
-        && board.board[pos.x + 1][pos.y + colorDir].color != this.color) {
+        && !board.board[pos.x - 1][pos.y + colorDir].color.equals(this.color)) {
       positions.add(new Position(pos.x - 1, pos.y + colorDir));
     }