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Unusual chess situation...?
What happens if you get a pawn all the way to the other end of the board and you still haven't lost any major pieces? Does the pawn stay on the board until you have a piece to exchange? Can you save it for later in the game? I have never done it this ealry in the game before so it's never been an issue, but I did it last night and no one in our house could agree on what to do. Appreciate any tips.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
You can promote it to any piece you like (other then a king or pawn). It doesn't matter what pieces have been taken or not taken. You could technically end up with 9 queens in a game though I have never seen that happen. If you don't have an extra queen you could just use something else or lay the pawn or it's side or flip a rook upside down if you have one of those around.
Source(s): Many years of playing chess. - 1 decade ago
You can have 9 queens on board at 1 time 8 pawns who have gotten to the back and the original queen at any time theoretically or you can exchange them for any piece but a pawn usually if you have more then 3 queens it leads to stalemate because the king gets limited mobility but is not in direct danger when you do loose a major piece like the rooks you can flip them over once you get your pawn to the back a flipped rook acts as a queen
since you already know of pawn promotion and you probably already know of casteling you should learn about En Passant those are the 3 and only 3 special rules in chess you should google the term to find out what En Passant is it may have been the reason why you were able to get it (the pawn )to the back so quickly because the person you played did not know of it it states that when a pawn is on the 5th rank and in the file next to him a enemy pawn tries to pass him up useing the 2 square move on the first move rule he can be taken by moving behind the pawn it's hard to explain but you should know and use this rule it is legal in every tournament and there are rules that apply to when you can do it so google it
Source(s): over 20 years chess expirence many tournaments and lots of computer play - 1 decade ago
Confirm tfedge's answer. You can promote the pawn to anything. Occasionally it makes sense to make it a knight or something which attacks opposing pieces once it hits the eighth file. I once ended a game with a computer with eight queens...
Source(s): Played for years. - 1 decade ago
It's unusual for it to happen, but you can promote it to any piece you want, usually a queen. Theoretically you could have nine queens on the board.
tfedge
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- ?Lv 45 years ago
whilst commencing a chess interest you have the alternative of shifting a pawn forward, one sq., 2 squares, consequent strikes are one sq. in basic terms, the pawn strikes diagonally in basic terms whilst shooting an opposing piece, in case you will get a pawn to the 8th row, you may replace it with any piece of your selection.
- 1 decade ago
I asked my dad he said you can nominate a piece and when you lose that piece you get it back right away hope it helps you
