𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to [email protected]English • 8 months agoThat en passant was hot. Be my queen.imagemessage-square12arrow-up1455arrow-down15
arrow-up1450arrow-down1imageThat en passant was hot. Be my queen.𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to [email protected]English • 8 months agomessage-square12
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink29•8 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•8 months agoThere are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate
minus-square@divineslayerlink17•8 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”