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If you were counting pieces in chess, say, _one, two, three pawns,_ how would
you do that in Japanese? Would you use ほん hon, ぽん pon, ぼん bon 本?

I am not sure whether this makes a difference: by counting I mean rather the
material value than the actual wooden piece. A better example would be perhaps
_3 vs 2 pawns_ or counting pieces in computer or online chess.
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Counter word for (western) chess pieces
The most generic つ or 個 is used to count chess pieces (e.g., 1つ/2つ/3つ... or
1個/2個/3個...). They are not "long and thin" enough to use 本.

By the way, in _shogi_ , pieces are flat, so serious players usually count
them like 1つ/2つ/3つ or 1枚/2枚/3枚, but 個 is occasionally used by laypeople, too.

The same is true for computer chess/shogi.
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