PROMOTION

When a pawn reaches the last rank on the opposite side of the board, it is replaced with either a queen, rook, bishop or knight. The piece a pawn is promoted to does not need to be one previously captured, so there may be two or more queens of the same colour on the board at one time, or three knights, etc. The queen is most often used when promoting, since it is the most powerful piece.

[Event "PROMOTION"] [Date "1920"] [Round ""] [White "Lasker, Em"] [Black "Simult "] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "1k5r/1P2q3/1Q6/7p/6p1/6Pp/2R4P/7K w - - 0 1"] 1. Rc8+! Rxc8 2. Qa7+! Kxa7 3. bxc8=N+!! 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.

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