> Pawns move two squares only on the first move of the game not the first move of the pawn Can you elaborate on this? I've never seen any claim to this effect,

> Pawns move two squares only on the first move of the game not the first move of the pawn Can you elaborate on this? I've never seen any claim to this effect, only that a pawn on its starting rank has the option of moving two squares (but cannot use that to jump over or capture a piece) (e.g. as stated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_(chess) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawn_(chess)). Are these different claims or am I misunderstanding? > You can't promote a pawn the move after it arrives on the 7th rank, you have to wait a move Same here. "The new piece replaces the pawn on the same square, as part of the same move" (e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess)) I'm only showing wikipedia cites to indicate that if these are wrong they are widely spread, and hoping that you have better cites.