𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 5 months agoThat en passant was hot. Be my queen.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1449
arrow-up1449imageThat en passant was hot. Be my queen.lemmy.world𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 5 months agomessage-square13fedilink
minus-square@eerongal@ttrpg.networklinkfedilink29•5 months agoYou 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.
minus-square@ShadowAndFlame@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish24•5 months agoThere are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate
minus-square@divineslayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink17•5 months agoOr possibly promoting to knight would give you checkmate where queen wouldn’t.
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.
There are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate
Or to humiliate your opponent
Or possibly promoting to knight would give you checkmate where queen wouldn’t.
That’s why they said “at most”