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Q: Did pawn promotion rules come from checkers?
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During a pawn promotion do you request the piece immediately or wait for your turn to come round again?

Promotion happens immediately as soon as the pawn reaches rank eight, before the opponent's turn.


When you get to the opponents end and say queen me is that an official move?

"Queening" is just a common term applied to the promotion of a pawn which , generally , is the piece the pawn is most often promoted to but "Queen me." is not part of the rules .


How do you move a king in checkers?

In the game of checkers, a kinged pawn may be moved like a normal pawn, but can move in any direction, forwards or backwards, side to side, as long as the move is diagonal. ----InfoMac


Can you surrender a pond in chess?

You can sacrifice a pawn but the rules do not allow for a player to surrender a pawn . The pawn must be captured in accordance to the rules of chess .


What is checkers?

-English Draughts, aka American checkers, is a board game that is played on an 8x8 board consisting of interchanging colors. For a complete explanation, just go to the link below. (basicly checkers is just a all pawn verson of chess and has the ability to change from a pawn to a king if it reaches the end of the board) -A fast food resteraunt


When a pawn promotes to the other side can say check prior to naming the piece the pawn will be?

No , only upon the pawn's promotion to a piece that then checks the king may you then say "check" .


Where does the chess promotion piece go?

You can promote a Pawn to any other piece, except the King, that you choose. You do not have to have lost the piece you promote the Pawn to. It's therefore theoretically possible for a player to have nine Queens (the original, plus eight promoted pawns). However, you may not give control of it to your opponent; it remains your piece.


Who used the promotion of the pawn move?

You may be talking about chess champ Ruy Lopez.


How do you define a promotion?

A promotion is an advancement in rank or position. In chess a promotion is also called queening. It is the replacement of a pawn that has reached the enemy's first rank by a more powerful piece of the same color.


Pawn at the end where does new queen start?

Any promoted piece 'starts' at the point of promotion .


When a pawn reaches the end of the board does the exchanged piece start in its original place or where the pawn is?

The replacement piece , or the newly promoted chessman , is placed upon the square where the pawn reached the end of the board . ~ Look to the related link below for additional information regarding promotion .


Where do tadpoles in the pawn shop come from?

Riddle: Where Do Tadpoles in the Pawn Shop Come From? Answer: From a frog pawned (word play on pond).