Chess Question in regard to the pawn?
Wayne C asked:
Is there a name for a series of moves where a pawn travels the distance of the board to His opponents King’s Row, and is given the right to make his piece whatever he wants. Is that series of moves or that final move called anything special?
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Is there a name for a series of moves where a pawn travels the distance of the board to His opponents King’s Row, and is given the right to make his piece whatever he wants. Is that series of moves or that final move called anything special?
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September 14th, 2009 at 10:06 pm
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No I don’t think they have a name for it.
September 17th, 2009 at 7:23 am
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It’s often called ‘queening’. (Most of the time the promoted piece is a queen.)
But it’s also just called pawn promotion.
September 20th, 2009 at 10:35 am
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doubled pawns (two pawns vertically)
tripled pawns (three pawns vertically-rare)
passed pawn (no pawn opposition on both sides)
protected pawns (diagonal pawns)
pawn chain (three or more protected pawns)
once a pawn reaches the end, it can be promoted to a queen/rook/knight/bishop….”en-passant” is a little differant
September 21st, 2009 at 11:01 am
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“Pawn Promotion” is the proper term. “Queening” is not always an accurate term, because sometimes it benefits you to “under-promote” your pawn to a piece other than a Queen.
The rules state that if a pawn reaches the 8th rank (i.e. the farthest row of squares from its starting position), it must be promoted to any piece of its own color, except a King… so you can promote it to a Queen, a Rook, a Bishop, or a Knight.
Since the Queen is the most powerful piece on the board, it almost always makes sense to promote your pawn to a Queen. However, there are two instances in which you should promote to a lesser piece:
1) Sometimes, promoting your Pawn to a Knight produces an immediate “Knight fork”, a potentially dangerous and powerful chess tactic, and the Knight fork could prove decisive. A Queen can not fork in the same way that a Knight can.
2) The other reason to promote to something other than a Queen is if promoting to a Queen leads to an immediate “stalemate” position. In such cases, promoting to a Rook is often preferable, as long as THAT doesn’t lead to stalemate.
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:09 am
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It is called pawn promotion. That is very hard to do but if u have a passed pawn(pawn that can’t be stopped with another pawn) u can get to the other side quickly.Also u choose a piece u want in replacement
September 25th, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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The act of converting a pawn into a stronger piece when it reaches the 8th rank is called pawn promotion. Promotion to queen is called queening while promotion to a rook, knight or bishop is called under-promotion. The series of moves leading up to the promoting move is called a queening combination.
September 25th, 2009 at 9:24 pm
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Pawn promotion, but that refers to the final part. The pawn’s journey has no name.
September 28th, 2009 at 4:22 am
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pawn promotion