I'm a new player, losing every game I've played so far. A rule I don't understand:
- when a piece reaches the opposite end of the board, what happens? I understand that you can get a piece back (I assume everyone would choose a queen?) but what if you haven't lost any pieces to your opponent?
I don't understand how this works....?
Originally posted by SavateYou can still take any piece you'd like. It's possible to have more than 1 queen, more than 2 knights, etc. at any given time.
I'm a new player, losing every game I've played so far. A rule I don't understand:
- when a piece reaches the opposite end of the board, what happens? I understand that you can get a piece back (I assume everyone would choose a queen?) but what if you haven't lost any pieces to your opponent?
I don't understand how this works....?
Originally posted by SavateI doubt even the worst opponent would not capture a single piece... however, if that ever does occur, you can always flip the pawn sideways...
I guess what I mean to ask is...
-are only pawns subject to this rule
- where do you get the extra pieces from? If you haven't lost any pieces, what do you use? Coins?
A lot of tournament sets nowadays are sold with an extra queen. If your opponent actually lets you reach a position where you can actually use it, he probably shouldn't be playing in a tournament (unless you both manage to promote a pawn or something and reach a 4 queen middlegame, which couldn't happened at one point during the last world championship match. But they traded the pawns off at the last moment 🙁)
Originally posted by Ian709Hey, we need all the tournament players we can get! I'd never discourage someone from entering a tournament because he might allow his opponent to get multiple queens in a game. Besides, those games can be fun to watch. 🙂
A lot of tournament sets nowadays are sold with an extra queen. If your opponent actually lets you reach a position where you can actually use it, he probably shouldn't be playing in a tournament (unless you both manage to promote a pawn or something and reach a 4 queen middlegame, which couldn't happened at one point during the last world championship match. But they traded the pawns off at the last moment 🙁)
Originally posted by Mad Rookwould they be fun to watch? The majority of them would end in four moves, five if the patzer is white: 1. e4 2. Bc4 3. Qh5 you know the rest
Hey, we need all the tournament players we can get! I'd never discourage someone from entering a tournament because he might allow his opponent to get multiple queens in a game. Besides, those games can be fun to watch. 🙂
Originally posted by YUG0slavYeah, we're not talking strong players here. But did you read the thread? We were discussing more than one queen to a side, which simply can't be done in 4 or 5 moves.
would they be fun to watch? The majority of them would end in four moves, five if the patzer is white: 1. e4 2. Bc4 3. Qh5 you know the rest
Edit - It seems Yugo and I were talking apples and oranges. I meant the games with multiple queens might be fun to watch, where I guess Yugo was thinking of games in general by beginning players. So whatever...
Originally posted by Mad RookOh, well in that case...
Yeah, we're not talking strong players here. But did you read the thread? We were discussing more than one queen to a side, which simply can't be done in 4 or 5 moves.
Edit - It seems Yugo and I were talking apples and oranges. I meant the games with multiple queens might be fun to watch, where I guess Yugo was thinking of games in general by beginning players. So whatever...
I'm sure that a four queen middlegame would be a lot of fun to watch, especially at GM level