correct tyzebug. Steinitz declared the pawn should be able to stay a pawn because of positions like that where staying a pawn stalemates yourself. here's a new puzzle with a new Illegal move which once was legal.
Huh? How does that end up in a draw?
White can also take the rook and promote to a black bishop or knight.
White can also take the rook and promote to a black bishop or knight.
This was never really a legal move, except in puzzle composers' dreams. Admittedly, the rule books did not technically state that these were illegal, but everybody knew that they were. The books are now corrected.
The dead pawn, however, was a legitimate underpromotion for quite a while.
ok here is a puzzle you cant solve
So what is white trying to do?
find that position in under 10 moves
you just did it
4 move chess!
correct tyzebug. Steinitz declared the pawn should be able to stay a pawn because of positions like that where staying a pawn stalemates yourself. here's a new puzzle with a new Illegal move which once was legal.
Huh? How does that end up in a draw?
rrrttt made a mistake in the diagram. The correct position is below:
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