Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To Judd Smith wrote on Sun, Oct 8, 2006 06:21 PM UTC:I was taught that when a pawn promotes, it can 'attack diagonally' into the final row, giving the promoted piece a degree of protection. I've reviewed the rules. They are absolutely silent on this notion. I do not, even in the slightest degree, like...what I suspect to be the case. Pawns definitely should have this power. PLEASE POST YOUR RULING TO MY E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected] Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID pawn promotion does not match any item.