Whay happens if..

Mark Lynch

Grand Master Wazoo

Only Chess

20 Mar 04

Mark Lynch

Grand Master Wazoo

Manchester, England

Joined: 10 Mar 04
Moves: 15441

20 Mar 04

Could someone tell me what happens if you get a pawn to the last line. I just want to make sure, the moment it gats thare can it turn into a queen or rook or something... I mean straight away like?

headcrash

Toronto, Canada

Joined: 10 Feb 04
Moves: 6299

20 Mar 04

Yes, when a pawn reaches the 8th rank it is promoted on the spot to your choice of knight, bishop, rook or queen. Almost always a queen of course, but there are special circumstances when promoting to a something else makes sense.

Mark Lynch

Grand Master Wazoo

Manchester, England

Joined: 10 Mar 04
Moves: 15441

20 Mar 04

Many thanks sir!

Asher123

Drunken Shogun

on Satan's fork

Joined: 22 Feb 04
Moves: 35380

20 Mar 04

is there no limit to how many queens I can have? I thought I was allowed only two queens (of course I wouldn't need more than that but just for argument's sake 😉)

Pyrrho

Joined: 31 Jul 03
Moves: 6355

20 Mar 04

Originally posted by Asher123
is there no limit to how many queens I can have? I thought I was allowed only two queens (of course I wouldn't need more than that but just for argument's sake 😉)

There is only a practical limit: 8 pawns on the board, so theoretical maximum of promoted pawns is 8 - in addition you have your "original" queen. In other words you can't have more than 9 queens. I think that should suffice 😲😵

-Jarno

Asher123

Drunken Shogun

on Satan's fork

Joined: 22 Feb 04
Moves: 35380

20 Mar 04

reminds me of the eight queen riddle 🙂