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Rules. When a pawn is promoted, it is removed from the board, and the new piece is placed on the square the pawn moved to. A piece may be promoted to regardless of whether it has been captured. Consequently, a player might have two or more queens, or three or more rooks, bishops, or knights. [4]
Notation For The Promotion. The official FIDE way to indicate a pawn promotion is the notation for the pawn move with the addition of the piece the pawn was promoted to at the end. If a pawn on the a-file promotes to a queen, the official FIDE notation would be a8Q.
Pawn promotion in chess occurs when a pawn reaches the farthest rank, transforming into a queen, rook, bishop, or knight. White pawns promote on the eighth rank, black on the first. This rule allows having more of the same piece than at the game’s start.
International Chess Federation - FIDE
8 lip 2022 · The Laws of Chess have two parts: 1. Basic Rules of Play and 2. Competitive Rules of Play. The English text is the authentic version of the Laws of Chess (which were adopted at the 93 rd FIDE Congress at Chennai, India) coming into force on 1 January 2023. 0.2 Preface.
The official rules of chess state: A pawn that reaches the other side of the board must immediately be exchanged for another piece of the same color (except for the king). The exchange (i. e. promotion) takes effect immediately, meaning you could even checkmate with a pawn promotion!
Pawn promotion is a common endgame strategy, but it can happen tactically at any stage of the game. WIM Fiona Steil-Antoni demonstrates how to use powerful promotion tricks to win games.
