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I remember as a child the thrill of getting my pawn to the other side of the chess board to promote it to a Queen. It was as much my focus as it was winning. It is why chess sets come with extra queens. In this article, I am going to share everything there is to know about pawn promotion and why there are extra queens with many chess sets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are extra queens found in many chess sets to allow for the possibility of gaining and playing with a second queen on your side. Adding an extra queen and playing with two is achieved through the Pawn Promotion rule, where a pawn can be promoted to a queen or another piece that has been captured.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Let’s find out how often chess promotions take place, whether the queen is the best of chess pieces to choose, the correct etiquette, the rules, and how players should consider pawn promotion when they find passed pawn<\/a> opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A pawn promotion in chess is when a pawn reaches the 8th rank<\/a> or opposite side of the board without being captured and gains the ability to be exchanged for a Queen, Bishop, Knight or Rook. The chosen piece will replace the pawn on the same square. A King or Pawn are not options.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you manage to successfully maneuver your pawn to the eighth rank, your opponents first, or in the most simple terms, the other side of the board, you have the option of changing the pawn into another piece. The choice of promotion pieces to switch within pawn promotion are 4<\/p>\n\n\n\n It will come as no surprise to find the most popular selection in standard chess or an International chess tournament, is the most powerful piece, the queen, given its higher value and versatility in the end-game, but the choice is there to select any of the four options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is obvious but of course you will be switching the same color. It is your promotion and your additional piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In a study just 1.5% of games featured a promotion of a pawn. 97% of those promotions where to Queen whilst the other 3% was mostly made up of Knight and Bishop promotion. ChessBase<\/a> undertook a study of over 3 million games, including Grandmaster level to arrive at this figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow Does Pawn Promotion Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
How Often Does Promotion Take Place?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n