I don’t know the exact wording of the rule, so it might be interesting to find loopholes in, but then pawns can’t take their own queen either so we’re not necessarily following the rules.
Maybe I should have said “White decides that the pawn retires rather than being promoted to anything.”
They tried to take their own queen. They’re probably going to try something else equally wacky.
Heck, maybe the (player decides that the) pawn stays on the back rank figuratively smashing its head into the wall until a black piece is forced to take it. An interesting, if otherwise illegal, way to gain tempo.
Maybe the (player decides that the) pawn promotes to “10 square radius regicide”. The rules are gone. Anything is possible. The people are free of both kings! Vive la révolution!
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Pawns can be promoted to any piece.
I don’t know the exact wording of the rule, so it might be interesting to find loopholes in, but then pawns can’t take their own queen either so we’re not necessarily following the rules.
The pawn might decide to stay a pawn and retire.
Can you promote a pawn to a pawn going in the opposite direction, a lateral promotion?
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Maybe I should have said “White decides that the pawn retires rather than being promoted to anything.”
They tried to take their own queen. They’re probably going to try something else equally wacky.
Heck, maybe the (player decides that the) pawn stays on the back rank figuratively smashing its head into the wall until a black piece is forced to take it. An interesting, if otherwise illegal, way to gain tempo.
Maybe the (player decides that the) pawn promotes to “10 square radius regicide”. The rules are gone. Anything is possible. The people are free of both kings! Vive la révolution!
I think there was a recent post on anarchychess about precisely this.