The ultimate goal of the pawn is to reach the other side and be made into whatever works best for the player, usually a queen. The idea of the game is to put the King into checkmate. Getting that pawn into a queen sure helps in that strategy, does it not !
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Accumulating extra queens is, typically, the less direct route to the win. Apply chess skill and be economical and efficient. In other words, analyze the position on the board.
Sep 5, 2008
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FerrBear wrote:
Why does everyone make a big deal about someone getting more than one Queen? Is that not a reputable way of winning? Opponents seem to use someone getting more than one Queen as a sign of weakness in the victor's end game strategy. But what if that WAS the victor's end game strategy, and the opponent just couldn't stop the victor from doing it, then who has a weakness in their game? To me, getting an extra queen or two or three makes the end game easier by cutting way down on draws due to stalemates. If all is fair in Love and in War (not saying that that is true, but if it is), then, cheating aside, shouldn't all be fair in chess?
WTF is up with the bolded part? Nobody believes that, I don't know who you are to think you can read your opponent's mind. Who in the world thinks there's a "reputable" way of winning better than others?
Since the premise of your question is false, your post is inane.
I have actually had people tell me that they think they are better than me after I beat them multiple times in a row because everytime I would get the extra Queen(s), and sometimes just for fun.
So the mindset depicted in my question, while not true of everyone, certainly exists. 
I suppose you feel the way I do, that there are no roads that SHOULD be taken in chess (or in life for that matter), that we are all free to play how we play, free of judgement from ourselves, and free of judgement from others.
Sep 5, 2008
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Those people are just a little too arrogant, with rude manners. Unfortunately, it's true that humbleness will only get you so far.
Humbleness with confidence in action can take you anywhere you want to go. In the ancient I'Ching, being humble is the only set of trigrams that has no threat associated with it.
there should be some variant chess game (maybe there already is?) that stipulates that in order to win you have to have two queens or a queen and a promoted pawn on the board i.e protect your king and queen and at least one pawn
this variant of chess shall be hitherto named chess to the power of three i.e 'chess cubed' ;)
seriously though- if your opponent can't hack your 'skillful' play to get a pawn promoted more than likely because their own defence may've been 'weak'- do your best to promote another one =P
who the hell are u playing... and ur comment about how getting more queens to reduce stalemate, its double edged cuz if u have 2 queens vs ur opponents only king theres a much larger chance that u'll stale mate. 3 is increase ur chances even more. Ive stalemated my oppnent when i was 2 queens up a while back... i was PISSED
Why does everyone make a big deal about someone getting more than one Queen? Is that not a reputable way of winning? Opponents seem to use someone getting more than one Queen as a sign of weakness in the victor's end game strategy. But what if that WAS the victor's end game strategy, and the opponent just couldn't stop the victor from doing it, then who has a weakness in their game?
To me, getting an extra queen or two or three makes the end game easier by cutting way down on draws due to stalemates.
If all is fair in Love and in War (not saying that that is true, but if it is), then, cheating aside, shouldn't all be fair in chess?