𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 1 year agoThat en passant was hot. Be my queen.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square13arrow-up1439
arrow-up1439imageThat en passant was hot. Be my queen.lemmy.world𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆 to AnarchyChess@sopuli.xyzEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square13
minus-squareErrantRoleplayerlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoAll pawn are actually female, because at most, they can only ever be Queens.
minus-square@eerongal@ttrpg.networklinkfedilink26•1 year agoYou can actually promote a pawn to any other piece as well (rook, bishop, knight, etc.), this is known as underpromotion. It’s mostly a “why would you ever do that?” thing, though.
minus-square@ShadowAndFlame@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoThere are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate
minus-square@divineslayer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink15•1 year agoOr possibly promoting to knight would give you checkmate where queen wouldn’t.
minus-square@Lepsea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•1 year agoThe newest research on this topic found out that the “pawn” is actually hermaphrodite.
minus-square@exocrinous@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoNo, all pawns are trans. They can end up either as a queen or a knight.
All pawn are actually female, because at most, they can only ever be Queens.
You can actually promote a pawn to any other piece as well (rook, bishop, knight, etc.), this is known as underpromotion. It’s mostly a “why would you ever do that?” thing, though.
There are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate
Or to humiliate your opponent
Or possibly promoting to knight would give you checkmate where queen wouldn’t.
That’s why they said “at most”
The newest research on this topic found out that the “pawn” is actually hermaphrodite.
No, all pawns are trans. They can end up either as a queen or a knight.