The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 8 months agoThe many life paths available to a pawnlemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1480
arrow-up1480imageThe many life paths available to a pawnlemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyz · 8 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareJake Farm@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoHow does a pawn become any of the others?
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·8 months agoYou can promote to anything
minus-squareBigmouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up40·8 months agoYou cannot promote to King or Pawn. As such, your statement is wrong and i feel betrayed.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up19·8 months agoI’d love to watch someone try to do this at a tournament. Just swapping out their pawn for an extra King with a deadpan expression.
minus-squaretaiyang@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 months agoI misunderstood the rules and shoved my king into my mouth, with a deadpan expression. Too bad they cut that out of a clip of Queen’s Gambit.
minus-squareTier 1 Build-A-Bear 🧸@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoSwap it for an enemy pawn.
minus-squareDrRatso@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoGranted, but checkmate on either of the kings = loss E: And now that I think about it, forking the kinds would also have to be a loss.
minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoPawns were players and players were pawns, once upon a time. Now that it’s the opposite it’s twice upon a time.
How does a pawn become any of the others?
You can promote to anything
You cannot promote to King or Pawn. As such, your statement is wrong and i feel betrayed.
I’d love to watch someone try to do this at a tournament. Just swapping out their pawn for an extra King with a deadpan expression.
I misunderstood the rules and shoved my king into my mouth, with a deadpan expression.
Too bad they cut that out of a clip of Queen’s Gambit.
Swap it for an enemy pawn.
Or a bionicle
Granted, but checkmate on either of the kings = loss
E: And now that I think about it, forking the kinds would also have to be a loss.
Can’t be promoted to player either
Bet
Pawns were players and players were pawns, once upon a time. Now that it’s the opposite it’s twice upon a time.