Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 12:23:48 05/04/05
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On May 04, 2005 at 12:35:51, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On May 04, 2005 at 12:00:17, Dave Hague wrote: > >>Can someone tell me if it is illegal to move a pawn to the opponents back row if >>it will be captured on the opponents next move? I know it is a waste of a pawn, >>but is it an illegal move? >> >>Thanks in advance:) > >When a pawn is moved to the opponents back row, it must be replaced by one of >the 4 higher ranking pieces of the same color: Queen, Rook, Bishop or [Knight]. This >is called a Pawn promotion. Once the pawn has been promoted. The turn passes to >the opponent and he is free to capture it if he can or not capture it. Whether >or not it is capturable has no effect on the legality of such Pawn moves. > >Note that by such promotions, it is possible to have more than the usual 1 >Queen, 2 Rooks, 2 Bishops or 2 Knights of the same color even though most chess >sets do not support this, but it is rare enough to justify their not supporting >this. > >By the way you phrased your query, it sounds like you were not replacing the >pawn by another piece, which represents an uncompleted move, which is illegal.
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