<P> Promotion is a chess rule that requires a pawn that reaches its eighth rank to be immediately replaced by the player 's choice of a queen , knight , rook , or bishop of the same color . The new piece replaces the pawn on the same square , as part of the same move . The choice of new piece is not limited to pieces previously captured , thus promotion can result in a player owning , for example , two or more queens despite starting the game with one . Pawn promotion , or the threat of it , often decides the result in an endgame . Since the queen is the most powerful piece , the vast majority of promotions are to a queen . Promotion to a queen is often called queening ; promotion to any other piece is referred to as underpromotion ( Golombek 1977 ) . </P>
<P> Promotion is a chess rule that requires a pawn that reaches its eighth rank to be immediately replaced by the player 's choice of a queen , knight , rook , or bishop of the same color . The new piece replaces the pawn on the same square , as part of the same move . The choice of new piece is not limited to pieces previously captured , thus promotion can result in a player owning , for example , two or more queens despite starting the game with one . Pawn promotion , or the threat of it , often decides the result in an endgame . Since the queen is the most powerful piece , the vast majority of promotions are to a queen . Promotion to a queen is often called queening ; promotion to any other piece is referred to as underpromotion ( Golombek 1977 ) . </P>
how many queens can you have on a chess board
how many queens can you have on a chess board
two or more
two or more