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    Is it possible to have 2 BISHOPS on the same color
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    I have never seen people promote to bishop, but it is possible.
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    There are 14 examples here:
    https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1022234
  4. e4
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    03 Jul '20 17:181 edit
    Final position Game 13023853 Arayn - etecka RHP 2018
    Black has just played 80...Be3-d4 mate.

  5. SubscriberRagwort
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    @greenpawn34

    This one of mine is similar
    Game 13421077
    I remember that most of the latter moves in this game were made whilst I was travelling on the M62 motorway. Hurrah for mobile data!
  6. Subscribermlb62
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    05 Jul '20 15:47
    do the rules of chess allow promoting to a Bishop, if you already have a Bishop of that color?
  7. Standard memberBigDogg
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    05 Jul '20 17:10
    @ogb said
    do the rules of chess allow promoting to a Bishop, if you already have a Bishop of that color?
    Hmm. I should think, with a rating of 2265, that you'd already know the answer to that. 🙄
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    @ogb said
    do the rules of chess allow promoting to a Bishop, if you already have a Bishop of that color?
    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.
  9. Standard memberDeepThought
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    @knightstalker47 said
    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.
    When you're setting up the pieces how do you know which is the white light squared bishop and which the dark squared one?
  10. Standard memberBigDogg
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    05 Jul '20 18:18
    @deepthought said
    When you're setting up the pieces how do you know which is the white light squared bishop and which the dark squared one?
    I like to draw a black spot on my white-dark-squared-bishop and a white spot on my black-light-squared-bishop. 😀
  11. Subscribermlb62
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    05 Jul '20 18:29
    @ogb said
    do the rules of chess allow promoting to a Bishop, if you already have a Bishop of that color?
    well Im not sure about the official rules.. but it is a serious question getting a bunch of farcical answers
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    @deepthought said
    When you're setting up the pieces how do you know which is the white light squared bishop and which the dark squared one?
    The one with the slit on the left is the dark square one and the light squared one has the slit on the right.
  13. santa cruz, ca.
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    05 Jul '20 20:55
    if the rules allowed it would be interesting if a pawn could be promoted to another king
  14. Subscribermlb62
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    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.
  15. Standard memberbyedidia
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    @ogb said
    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.
    Reminds 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.
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