Can i promote to have TWO pale square Bishops

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crok

can i make my pawns into two of the same coloured square Bishops? when i promote them? i know i can have 9 queens or 10 rooks etc. but i cannot make another king or pawn; but what about two bishops that run on the same squares? is this anywhere in the official rules of chess????

tmkroll

yes

TheLastSupper

Yes you can do that, but you will probably never play a game in which you must promote it to another same colored bishop (and other promotions would make you draw/lose the game instead of win/draw).

JamieKowalski

You can, though I doubt it will ever be the best move in an actual game.