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The rules of chess states that a pawn can promote to any piece. Why not King? The King can demote to pawn when pawn promote to King. Love chess Ron.
Jun 23, 2023
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ronald159 wrote:
The rules of chess states that a pawn can promote to any piece. Why not King? The King can demote to pawn when pawn promote to King. Love chess Ron.
The rules don't say they can promote to any piece.
https://handbook.fide.com/chapter/E012023
3.7.3.3 When a player, having the move, plays a pawn to the rank furthest from its starting position, he/she must exchange that pawn as part of the same move for a new queen, rook, bishop or knight of the same colour on the intended square of arrival. This is called the square of ‘promotion’.
promoting pawn to king is in essence the mastery of chess
