Thursday, July 26, 2012

[agsmgtgv] Different pawn promotion

How would chess endgames be different if pawns could promote to Amazon (queen + knight)?  (Or other interesting fairy chess pieces, e.g., chancellor, archbishop?)  Against what material is a Amazon more successful than a queen?

How would chess endgames be different if pawns could not promote to queen?  Only rook, bishop, or knight.  It might be a difficult deciding to which to promote, though probably rook.

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