Enter Your Reply The Comment You're Replying To David Paulowich wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 10:49 PM UTC:1927 World Chess Championship: J. R. Capablanca resigned a game against Alexander Alekhine when there were 4 queens on the board (2 White and 2 Black). Another curious chess fact: sometimes a pawn is promoted early in the game when the player still has all 8 (nonpawn) pieces. Edit Form You may not post a new comment, because ItemID Pawn Exchange does not match any item.