Showing posts with label pawn promotion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pawn promotion. Show all posts

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.