Simple, slightly newb-ish question:
While there's obviously a method on RHP for promoting a pawn to a queen when you've already got one on the board, is this practice generally accepted in the larger chess world? While I've taken advantage of the ability on here in a few games, I've always felt a little guilty about it - like I'm bending the rules somehow.
Maybe I'm just a Puritan at heart, and the thought of a king with two honeys bothers me.
Originally posted by hphovercraftNothing wrong with it.If it bothers you then call the 2nd one princess 😉
Simple, slightly newb-ish question:
While there's obviously a method on RHP for promoting a pawn to a queen when you've already got one on the board, is this practice generally accepted in the larger chess world? While I've taken advantage of the ability on here in a few games, I've always felt a little guilty about it - like I'm bending the rules so ...[text shortened]...
Maybe I'm just a Puritan at heart, and the thought of a king with two honeys bothers me.
Originally posted by hphovercraftFischer-Petrosian, 1959.
Simple, slightly newb-ish question:
While there's obviously a method on RHP for promoting a pawn to a queen when you've already got one on the board, is this practice generally accepted in the larger chess world? While I've taken advantage of the ability on here in a few games, I've always felt a little guilty about it - like I'm bending the rules so ...[text shortened]...
Maybe I'm just a Puritan at heart, and the thought of a king with two honeys bothers me.
A famous example of White AND Black having two queens.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106430
It's certainly ok to promote to a queen if you've already got one.
Originally posted by hphovercraftPolygyny is perfectably acceptable in chess both here and elsewhere, including OTB. It might piss off your first queen though, so make sure she doesn't do anything stupid. Sometimes the two queens conspire against their king and turn a won game into a stalemate.
Simple, slightly newb-ish question:
While there's obviously a method on RHP for promoting a pawn to a queen when you've already got one on the board, is this practice generally accepted in the larger chess world? While I've taken advantage of the ability on here in a few games, I've always felt a little guilty about it - like I'm bending the rules so ...[text shortened]...
Maybe I'm just a Puritan at heart, and the thought of a king with two honeys bothers me.
Kings past and present[princes included!]have/had a regular habit of maintaining a Queen and a mistress or mistresses at the same time,even going as far as marrying a mistress while still married to the official queen! If A King can have two or more women in his collection of females,then why can we not have the same on a chessboard? Or is that the priviledge of Kings and princes only??Is it a little King-ky??😲
My own chessboard Queen has just been crowned Queen Perverina the 1st,making here position as leading lady quite clear. As Queen she is required to stay close to the King and ignore any advances by the bishops and Knights. The alternative is to have her head lopped off,very undesirable for any chess Queen?------😲
Originally posted by KazetNagorraIt's Dame in German, too, and dronning (queen) in Norwegian. However, originally it was a vizier, and this term is still used in several non-European languages.
That's a good question. In Dutch the Queen is usually called Dame (Lady), but also sometimes Koningin (Queen).
Here's a site about chess terms in different languages: http://www.geocities.com/timessquare/metro/9154/nap-pieces.htm