Maybe because Christian Freeling, the inventor of Grand Chess, felt that the possibility of placing a further powerful piece on the board would be too much! Pawns can promote as early as the 8th or 9th rank. The rule also means you don't need to have spare pieces, and it probably makes quite good sense.
It could be because physical chess sets usually don't come with extra pieces that won't be needed most of the time.
Maybe because Christian Freeling, the inventor of Grand Chess, felt that the possibility of placing a further powerful piece on the board would be too much! Pawns can promote as early as the 8th or 9th rank. The rule also means you don't need to have spare pieces, and it probably makes quite good sense.
Yes that's an interesting reason why he decided that rule. However In my opinion, unable to use spare pieces to promote pawns would make this game to be bored. I've also played grand chess before.
Have you ever played a game where you were allowed to promote without first having lost any strong pieces, (without being immediately captured)? If so, how much material were you ahead at that time? (And why was that not enough to very easily win without needing extra Queens?) Or are you saying that you regularly promote on a safe square while the opponent is still in possession of all his pieces too? In that case looking for a new opponent would be a better solution than changing the promotion rule...
Grand Chess is an chess variant played on a 10 x 10 board. there are 2 more added pieces called cardinal(Archbishop) and Marshall(chancellor). I got a question about its promotion rule, Unlike orthodox chess, A promoted pawns can only be replaced by any previously captured piece of the same color. If no captured pieces are available to replace the pawn, then the pawn must stay on the 9th row. Why grand chess applies this rule. I wonder the reason and want to listen your opinion.