2007-03-30 15:23:28 · 18 answers · asked by Charlotte G 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
When your pawn reaches the 8th rank (or first rank if you're playing the Black pieces) you can exchange it for any piece of its own color, except a King...which means, you can exchange it for a Queen, Rook Bishop or Knight. It can not remain a pawn, and it can not be promoted to a King.
You can promote to any of those pieces, even if it would result in you having more than the "normal" number of such pieces on the board...you are allowed to have more than one Queen, or more than two Rooks, Bishops or Knights...but never two Kings.
Normally, you would promote it to a Queen, but there are at least two instances in which you would choose a lesser piece:
1) Sometimes, if you promote to a Queen, it can lead to an immediate stalemate...in such a case, you might want to consider promoting it to a Rook, Knight or Bishop, whichever doesn't cause a stalemate.
2) You can choose to promote to a Knight rather than to a Queen if it results in an immediate and decisive Knight fork...remember, a Knight can attack pieces in ways that a Queen can not... Also, if promoting to a Knight results in an immediate checkmate of your opponent, you should promote to a knight, of course.
Don't listen to people who tell you that you can only replace a piece that has been captured...this has never been the rule.
2007-04-01 14:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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in a chess game if my pon gets to the other side of the board what is the rule?
2015-08-07 12:00:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the pawn gets to the other side of the board, it can assume the abilities of any of the pieces you want, not necessarily queen. The king can't be killed, it can just be captured. The only case that I can see where a pawn would capture a king if it were only helping to capture the king. Because the king can't move into a check, the pawn might be in a position to trap the king, and another piece, like a rook or a queen, might also make it impossible for the king to move. Checkmate.
2016-03-26 00:54:03 · answer #3 · answered by Janet 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-11 06:49:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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you can promote it to ANY piece (except King), and it does not have to be a piece that has already been captured. So you are not limited by any number of any type of piece (again, except King) So you can have more than 1 (up to 9 if somehow you promote all your pawns) queen(s). You don't have to wait until you lose your queen to get it back, either. The only piece other than queen you would promote to would be knight, since a queen has as part of its move the moves of all the other pieces. If promotion to a queen (or other piece) causes checkmate, yes you can win with a pawn promotion. And you can also checkmate an opponent's king with a pawn (without promoting).
2016-04-01 10:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
According to the USCF (United States Chess Federation) and FIDe (International Federation of Chess - it was French acronym), a player may promote a pawn to a Rook, Knight, Bishop or Queen of his own color.
This was done to close a loop hole which let players promote to kings (in theory so a player has to mate more that one king or risk stalemating the other; what a knightmare that would cause!), fantasy chess pieces (like combining a queen and knight), pieces of the opponent's color (some interesting mates can occur this way), checkers, and monopoly pieces. (don't ask!)
Hope this helps!
Rob
2007-03-30 21:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by barefoot_rob1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a chess game, when your pawn gets to the other side of the board, you can change it into a knight, bishop, rook, or queen. (You cannot promote it to a pawn!) This is called promotion. If your pawn does promote usually it turns into a queen. But there are exceptions! Look to see if there are any reasons to promote to another piece.
2007-03-31 05:21:33 · answer #7 · answered by lol 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rule in chess is if your pon gets to the other side of the board without dying then you get your queen back if your opponet took it.
2007-03-31 02:46:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pawn is taken off the field and replaced with a chess piece of your choice (apart from king)
2007-03-30 15:27:51 · answer #9 · answered by jasonahmed 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SuperTop is correct
It isn't so much you get any piece back, you simply are allowed to choose any piece you'd want to have (besides a king) and swap it for the pawn. Most people would choose a queen and either get back the one they lost a receive an additional one.
2007-03-30 15:44:45 · answer #10 · answered by rusty s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋