seeking answer to chess situation - 2007/10/19 15:04hi a friend and i were playing chess the other day and got into a situation we were unsure on the rules.
my friend got a pawn to the other side before i had taken off any of his pieces. Does he get to turn the pawn into a piece (ie. queen, rook, knight..) Does the pawn sit there until i have taken off one of his men and then get turned?
seeking answer to chess situation - 2007/10/19 15:16You can turn (called promote) that pawn into another queen, rook, bishop or knight! So theoretically you can have 9 queens at the same time! Isn't that something!
seeking answer to chess situation - 2007/10/19 15:54Lenni welcome here- I'm interested in hearing the response to your question as well since I'm a starting chess player
Re:seeking answer to chess situation - 2007/10/19 21:16Charlie92 is right:
You can turn (called promote) that pawn into another queen, rook, bishop or knight! So theoretically you can have 9 queens at the same time! Isn't that something!
And this is one of the reasons that you can see some queens at the side of the board at the start of a game during some tournaments.
Re:seeking answer to chess situation - 2007/10/20 05:53I'm just wondering: what is the usual practice when you don't have any pieces to use? Is it placing a checker under the pawn to signal that it is a queen, e.g? I remember using a rook and putting a pawn on top...
Re:seeking answer to chess situation - 2007/10/20 11:01Often an upside-down rook is used to designate a queen, but this may not be allowed in an official tournament and can even lead to disqualification.
For friendly games I should say: use the upside-down rook
Re:seeking answer to chess situation - 2007/10/20 22:30Many chess sets come with two queens. I have a very nice Staunton plastic set with two queens that is my favorite set of pieces.
In case that's not available, sure turn a rook over, or use a coin. Two queens...nice problem to have!
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