when you're playing chess and one of the pawns gets to the other side do you have to give back the queen? i'm playing against my boyfriend and i want to be right. =]
2007-08-07 15:13:26 · 20 answers · asked by kissie 1 in Games & Recreation ➔ Board Games
Let's see what the rules of chess say, shall we? The FIDE Laws of Chess are the rules that the international chess body (Federation Internationale des Echecs) has passed for the whole world to use. It avoids disputes and possible acrimony if you refer to them when questions like this arise.
Article 3 deals with the moves of the pieces and Article 3.7e says:
"When a pawn reaches the rank furthest from its starting position it must be exchanged as part of the same move for a new queen, rook, bishop or knight of the same colour. The player`s choice is not restricted to pieces that have been captured previously. This exchange of a pawn for another piece is called `promotion` and the effect of the new piece is immediate."
i.e. you can have two queens, if you still have your original queen and you could in principle have 9 queens in all, but it is both unlikely and unnecessary as once you have one extra queen, you should be perfectly capable of getting a checkmate without needing to ahve a third, fourth or fifth etc queen. Indeed, you could well stalemate your opponent because you have too much firepower.
Playing in a chess club, you can always borrow a queen from another chess set.
Playing at home, what many people do is turn a rook upside down to represent a queen (assuming you have had a rook captured) but really any object would do, a cotton reel or a salt cellar perhaps, provided your opponent agrees that it represents a queen.
Promotion to a piece of lower value than a queen ("underpromotion") is unusual but there might be good reasons to do it:
e.g. (1) if promoting to a queen meant you would be checkmated next move, but promoting to a knight meant you gave check and retained the initiative and could checkmate your opponent before he could checkmate you, it makes obvious sense to choose a knight not a queen.
e. g. (2) if promoting to a queen meant that you stalemated your opponent but promoting to a rook meant he still had a square his king could go to, it makes obvious sense to choose a rook not a queen.
NB if you promote to a bishop, you may possibly end up with two bishops both moving on white squares, or with two bishops both moving on black squares. This is perfectly legal, if fairly unusual.
2007-08-08 02:29:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dear Kissie,
Let's put it in simple words !
1) The Pawn can be promoted into any piece except a King or another Pawn.
2) Pawns are usually promoted to Queens, because the Queen is the most powerful piece.
3) Therefore, in many cases White (or Black) are playing with 2 Queens.
4) In some rare cases, called 'under-promotion', the Pawn is promoted to a Knight, a Bishop, or a Rook.
Good luck !
2007-08-08 23:39:52 · answer #2 · answered by Segofredo 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Chess
2016-04-01 04:49:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you get to choose which piece you'd like with the exception of the king. Since a queen can move in any direction any amount of spaces, you would almost always choose a queen. The only situation I could think of not to choose a queen, would be to choose a knight if your opponent's king is in a space where a knight would put it in checkmate if placed in the space the pawn reaches on the other side of the board. The queen would be able to check a king that a knight would.
Usually, if one of your rooks were eliminated, you'd place a rook upside down to designate another queen. Rooks can easily be placed upside down.
2007-08-08 12:00:06 · answer #4 · answered by xprubiox 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A promoted pawn may become a queen, rook, knight or bishop. The piece does not have to be a captured piece, so it is possible to have more than the number you started the game with. The player promoting the pawn gets to choose which piece to promote to regardless of what other pieces are on or off the board.
- EJ
2007-08-08 08:34:59 · answer #5 · answered by maxoftat 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give back? uh, Lemme just say what happens instead - it's called Promotion. Your pawn goes to the last row on the board on your opponent's side, and you get to CHOOSE what it becomes: Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight. It doesn't matter what your opponent has of yours, you can have a bunch of queens, for example. Keep in mind that occasionally, the Knight is better to promote to than the Queen. Promotion to Bishop or Rook instead of Queen is not normally done, but adds the rubbing dirt in your adversary's face factor.
2007-08-11 14:32:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When pawns reach the other end of the board it gets promoted into any piece except a pawn or a king. It can be promoted to a knight, a bishop, a rook or a queen.
2007-08-07 19:36:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well... Its not necessarily getting the queen back because you could potentially have two; in which case, you'd just be gaining a lot more power. But if you're only going to have one queen, then yes, you're entitled to get the piece of your choice back. Either way, once a pawn reaches the end, it gets promoted to a piece of your choosing.
Good luck ^_^
2007-08-08 05:46:51 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on what type of chess you are playing.If the pawn reachs the eighth square it can be replaced with a queen,if you are playing under the rules of east India,where ever the pawn lands on, that is the piece you replace it with,except the king.
2007-08-08 14:05:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
When a pawn gets to the otherside of the board without being captured it can be changed into any piece the other player wants. If you want your horse back you get it.
If you want your queen back you get it.
This piece can not be changed into another king piece though. . . Sorry.
Hope this helps
Cheers
2007-08-08 03:25:34 · answer #10 · answered by targetdog909 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋