Pawn Brotherhood

 1 alpha_table = "abcdefgh" 2  3 def safe_pawns(pawns): 4     safe_count = 0 5  6     for spawn in pawns: 7         if spawn[1] == ‘1‘: 8             continue 9 10         pos = alpha_table.find(spawn[0])11         str_row = str(int(spawn[1]) - 1)12 13         if pos == 0:14             if (alpha_table[1] + str_row) in pawns:15                 safe_count += 116             continue17 18         if pos == 7:19             if (alpha_table[6] + str_row) in pawns:20                 safe_count += 121             continue22 23         if (alpha_table[pos - 1] + str_row) in pawns or (alpha_table[pos + 1] + str_row) in pawns:24             safe_count += 125 26     return safe_count