Author: Serge Desmarais
Date: 22:06:23 09/01/98
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On September 01, 1998 at 22:04:32, Danniel Corbit wrote: >Is it possible to promote a pawn to a pawn? [i.e. no change?] >I know it makes no sense. I just want to know if it is legal by the rules of >chess. Nope! A pawn, when it reaches respectively the 8th rank for White and the 1st rank for Black, MUST be changed for any piece of ITS OWN COLOUR, EXCEPT a pawn or a king. In fact, the is changed IN GETTING to the last square of its file. The move is NOT completed until the new piece enters the board, which means that you cannot press your clock button until you put the new piece on board (though if NO piece of the kind you want is available at around, you can stop the clocks while you go get one). Also, there must not be a too long hesitation from you before putting the new piece in play (you cannot push a white pawn on the eight rank and wait 5 minutes to decide what piece to chose from!) It must be done, as most as possible, in 2 consecutive and "fluid" movements. Often, the pawn doesn't effectively reach the last rank, it is removed from the 7th (for White, for example) and the new piece is almost simultaneously placed on the eth rank (same column). Note, the same rule concerning the fluidity of your gestures is applied to a capture (moving a piece onto an occupied square AND immediately removing the captured piece from the board) to the castle and to the en passant capture. All these "special" 2-movements moves are considered ONE legal move and every step must be completed before it is considered done and you be allowed to press your clock. Serge Desmarais
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