Thursday, May 1, 2025

Forced Promotion of Opponent's Pawn

When your move forces the opponent's pawn to reach your back rank (via Superpermutation), that pawn is automatically promoted to a queen by default, even if this outcome is unfavorable to both players.

Example Position 1:


Black rolls a 2 (g-file) and plays Rf8-g8:


White pawn promotes to a queen automatically.


Illegal Move Rule:

If forced promotion results in a check to the moving player’s own king, the move is illegal.

Example Position 2:


Black rolls a 2 (g-file).

Illegal moves:

Nh6-g8 (promotes White pawn to queen, delivering check to Black king)
Rh8-g8 (same result)

Both moves result in self-check after forced promotion, making them invalid.

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