All good. Sorry for not being clear. I have an opponent that has taken two separate pawns to promote both of them to queens, giving him two queens on the board. I haven't been playing online for too long, but I know this isn't possible in traditional play
I haven't been playing online for too long, but I know this isn't possible in traditional play
Perfectly legal under chess rules.
@Lagomorph yes
Well, never got taught that. On a traditional board, how is a 2nd, 3rd, etc queen depicted?
Well, never got taught that. On a traditional board, how is a 2nd, 3rd, etc queen depicted?
Pawn on rook or rook upside down was common when I played OTB.
but I know this isn't possible in traditional play
Wow.
In actual matches and tournaments extra Queens are provided on every board.
The fun starts on move 40 when both sides have active Queens and with both Kings unsafe.
The confusion goes back 500 years when players in Europe had to agree which rules they would use, either Spanish or Italian. One allowed 2 Queens the other stipulated that it had to be a captured piece that the pawn promoted to. However, with the onset of printing the laws of chess were agreed to this day.
A rook turned upside down rook makes a handy dandy extra queen
Not officially for a few years now. That is why an extra Queen is provided at matches, tournaments and whenever you buy a new set. Online we never see an upside down Rook.
Well, never got taught that. On a traditional board, how is a 2nd, 3rd, etc queen depicted?
Most top end Staunton sets have two queens.......
Well thank you all for enlightening me. I am far from good enough to play in tournaments, but never played that rule with my father or brother. Good to know now.
In Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, Hastings 1922, Alekhine sacrificed his Queen and both Rooks, promoted a Pawn to a (second) Queen and sacrificed it, promoted another Pawn to a (third) Queen and sacrificed it, and was advancing a Pawn to become a (fourth) Queen when Bogo resigned.
Efim Bogoljubov vs Alexander Alekhine (1922) Sacrificing the Queens (chessgames.com)
How can pawns redeem more than one queen? Is this a glitch in the game that allows this?