03 Jul '20 13:17>
Is it possible to have 2 BISHOPS on the same color
@ogb saidHmm. I should think, with a rating of 2265, that you'd already know the answer to that. 🙄
do the rules of chess allow promoting to a Bishop, if you already have a Bishop of that color?
@ogb saidNo, chess sets only have one white lightsquared bishop so if you tried to promote a pawn to one and you already had one in play, you wouldn't have one to put on the board.
do the rules of chess allow promoting to a Bishop, if you already have a Bishop of that color?
@knightstalker47 saidWhen you're setting up the pieces how do you know which is the white light squared bishop and which the dark squared one?
No, chess sets only have one white lightsquared bishop so if you tried to promote a pawn to one and you already had one in play, you wouldn't have one to put on the board.
@deepthought saidI like to draw a black spot on my white-dark-squared-bishop and a white spot on my black-light-squared-bishop. 😀
When you're setting up the pieces how do you know which is the white light squared bishop and which the dark squared one?
@ogb saidwell Im not sure about the official rules.. but it is a serious question getting a bunch of farcical answers
do the rules of chess allow promoting to a Bishop, if you already have a Bishop of that color?
@deepthought saidThe one with the slit on the left is the dark square one and the light squared one has the slit on the right.
When you're setting up the pieces how do you know which is the white light squared bishop and which the dark squared one?
@ogb saidReminds me of the time during an elementary school tournament my daughter captured her own pawn on the 7th rank with a knight forking the other player's king and queen.
OK since everyone else was too lazy....I looked up the "Official" rules of chess. A pawn may be promoted to any piece (except a pawn., and yes I know a pawn is not a piece). Also, it must be of the same color that you are using. In other words, if you have the Black pieces in a game, you can't promote to a white piece.