Minor Pawn Promotion

Just a minor concept I came up with once. A "major promotion" is when a pawn makes it to the last rank and promotes to a piece.

A "minor promotion" occurs any time a pawn captures towards the center, thus becoming a more valuable pawn.

@tchessaikovsky said
Just a minor concept I came up with once. A "major promotion" is when a pawn makes it to the last rank and promotes to a piece.

A "minor promotion" occurs any time a pawn captures towards the center, thus becoming a more valuable pawn.

Veeery funny! 😆

Taking to the center is not always the best thing to do.

Perhaps a pawn's power is better decided by the rest of the board.

I've always thought there should be some special term for a pawn on the 7th rank...

@ogb said
I've always thought there should be some special term for a pawn on the 7th rank...

@mchill said
So, if a pawn captures towards the center and makes it to the 7th rank it becomes a... "Major - Minor"? 😏

For sure, a rook pawn that makes a capture is quite a "promoted" pawn since it can now capture on two squares instead of one.

I'm thinking about pawns that capture towards the four center squares or the secondary center squares or occupy one of those squares as being more empowered pawns.

@eladar said
Black?

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@ogb said
yes that seems to be on the right track..maybe Heir Apparent for a pawn on the 7th rank ?

Yes a princess pawn is good (I'll use that sometime in the future.)

However, what about under promotion. A Serf Pawn if it becomes Knight,
a Cleric Pawn on the 7th if it promotes to a Bishop and a Rook.....an egg pawn!

@greenpawn34 said
Yes a princess pawn is good (I'll use that sometime in the future.)

However, what about under promotion. A Serf Pawn if it becomes Knight,
a Cleric Pawn on the 7th if it promotes to a Bishop and a Rook.....an egg pawn!