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That en passant was hot. Be my queen. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by spicytuna62@lemmy.world to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz

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[–] eerongal@ttrpg.network 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can actually promote a pawn to any other piece as well (rook, bishop, knight, etc.), this is known as underpromotion. It's mostly a "why would you ever do that?" thing, though.

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[–] ShadowAndFlame@mander.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

There are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate

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