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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.

James Spratt wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 08:06 PM UTC:

Hi, Smilemaker:  Yes, it is permissible for a Pawn to promote to a second,
third (rare) or fourth (extremely rare) Queen upon reaching the
opponent's home row.

Aside, I remember a 5th-Grad math trick called 'casting out nines' which
I think was really trick, but can't remember exactly how it worked.  Are
you familiar with it?

Adrian Alvarez de la Campa wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 02:23 PM UTC:

Normally in chess you are allowed as many Queen (or other piece) promotions as you want, regardless of what has been captured.

SmileMaker wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 12:48 PM UTC:

I teach 5th Grade Math to 100 kids and we also have a chess club-90% of the students actively participate in our club. I had a situation come up yesterday I had never encountered. When a pawn makes it across the board and is exchanged, is it possible to get a 2nd queen (assuming you already have one)?

I have always operated under the assumption that you may exchange for any piece you have lost, but when a student asserted that he wanted a 2nd queen, I had to stop and think about that one-any suggestions??

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