This puzzle is one of the reasons FIDE changed the chess rule about promoting. NOW the rule says pawns must promote to a piece of the SAME color!

explain?

 

He means before the change in the rules, white could promote to a black knight, which would be mate for white

 

Ahh I see, of that's very clever. I didn't even know you could promote to an opposite-coloured piece though? Now, from this though, I can see why. 

Wow ive never even considered promoting to a piece of the opposite color before, good to know that you cant and I wont have to worry about that position in any real game

I'm pretty hot on chess history. Now i'm not disagreeing with you, but i've never known of that rule before. The rules that we use now havn't changed since the 1600's and the days of Phillidor, way before FIDE existed. Have you proof of this? I'm intrigued.

jona004 wrote: I'm pretty hot on chess history. Now i'm not disagreeing with you, but i've never known of that rule before. The rules that we use now havn't changed since the 1600's and the days of Phillidor, way before FIDE existed. Have you proof of this? I'm intrigued.

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I concur it seems illogical that a set of rules would be written which allow promotion to a different color.

It also seems unlikely that there would have been a rule about NOT promoting to the opposite colour. :)

"But nothing says I can't!"

I think this is a wind up and we've been had...drat that pesky pawnshover. :)

jona004 wrote: I think this is a wind up and we've been had...drat that pesky pawnshover. :)

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hehe thats so ticky....

I never knew that there was a rule  that said you can change to a different colour! At least now it's less confusing now they changed the rule.

FIDE didn't change any rules, you cannot promote to a piece of the opposite color pawnshover is just being weird.

Etienne wrote: FIDE didn't change any rules, you cannot promote to a piece of the opposite color pawnshover is just being weird.

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That would be quite the interesting arguement in a tourny though in that position, The rules dont specifically state I cant promote to a different color....

chewybac5 wrote: Etienne wrote: FIDE didn't change any rules, you cannot promote to a piece of the opposite color pawnshover is just being weird.

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That would be quite the interesting arguement in a tourny though in that position, The rules dont specifically state I cant promote to a different color....

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The rules says i can't move a knight the same way i would a rook, that doesn't mean to say i can.

Yes Jona, lift move place down... (dear o dear?)