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> The player’s choice is not restricted to pieces that have been captured previously I grew up playing chess but my grandfather always insisted that pawns coul
by CSMastermind 4mo ago
> The player’s choice is not restricted to pieces that have been captured previously
I grew up playing chess but my grandfather always insisted that pawns could only be promoted to captured pieces so when I played him we had to play a that variant.
I suspect this came from players not having extra pieces with their chess sets.
- vitally3643 4mo agoThat and just avoiding the obvious advantage of promoting every piece to a queen every time. Puts more constraint on the game which usually makes for more interesting play