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Somebodysson
Nov 7, 2013
#1
this came up in a forum conversation, and I simply don't know the answer. Say I have a light square bishop and I promote a pawn on a light square. Can I promote to a bishop and have two light square bishops? I realize that I could just as easily promote to a queen, and not face this dilemma, but I guess there could be a situation where promoting to Q could produce an immediate stalemate draw, where promoting to bishop would not. Is it legal to have two bishops of same color, one which was attained by pawn promotion?
Some people may laugh at my question, but you're not born knowing these answers, and you have to learn them somewhere. I looked it up on google search and have not found the answer there.
waffllemaster
Nov 7, 2013
#2
Yes, it's legal.
The thing to remember is you're not replacing lost pieces. You're literally promoting the pawn. It's still the pawn (kind of) but it can move like any other piece you want (other than a king).
So you can also have 2 queens (up to 9!) Bishops of the same color, etc.
Somebodysson
Nov 7, 2013
#3
thank you scholar.
kpdoc
Jan 14, 2016
#4
can you promote to a pawn?
EscherehcsE
Jan 14, 2016
#5
kpdoc wrote:
can you promote to a pawn?
Well, that would be a nonpromotion. But no, you can't nonpromote. Once the pawn reaches the 8th rank, promotion is mandatory, not optional.
nichster
Jan 14, 2016
#6
yes, why did you think that you can't?
Ciak
Jan 14, 2016
#7
Lawof chess (Fide)
3.7.e
When a player, having the move, plays a pawn to the rank furthest from its starting position, he must exchange that pawn as part of the same move for a new queen, rook, bishop or knight of the same colour on the intended square of arrival.
This is called the square of ‘promotion’. The player's choice is not restricted to pieces that have been captured previously. This exchange of a pawn for another piece is called promotion, and the effect of the new piece is immediate.
Caronag
Mar 24, 2016
#8
Yes you can't change the place of promotion. So if your pawn arrives on a8, the only avaible bishop is white, regardless of the color of your remaining bishop (if any), because a8 is a white square. If you arrive on b8, your new bishop has to be black, even if you already have a black bishop and no white bishop, because the square is black.
In a sense, the only way to choose the color of a bishop from promotion is to move a different pawn to the last rank.
tornado81
Mar 24, 2016
#9
This wasn't a stupid question to me. I'll remember this now in case any of my students ever ask.
MoniJane
Oct 19, 2016
#10
this question just came up in our club. thank you for th info. two bishops can be on the same color.
Pulpofeira
Oct 19, 2016
#11
Yes, I once heard there's a problem by Smyslov based on this, unfortunately I can't find it.
jsaepuru
Oct 20, 2016
#12
Caronag wrote:
In a sense, the only way to choose the color of a bishop from promotion is to move a different pawn to the last rank.
Or the same pawn to a different promotion square. Because a pawn may have a choice between moving and capturing.
Strangemover
Oct 20, 2016
#13
More the question is there a position where promoting to a bishop is the best move? This one from a 960 game was unnecessary but it looked cool to have 3 bishops for a move.
lofina_eidel_ismail
Oct 20, 2016
#14
this was an interesting thought on promotion.....didn't occur to think about the color of the square
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