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That en passant was hot. Be my queen. (lemmy.world)

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[–] ErrantRoleplayer@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago (7 children)

All pawn are actually female, because at most, they can only ever be Queens.

[–] eerongal@ttrpg.network 29 points 4 months ago (4 children)

You can actually promote a pawn to any other piece as well (rook, bishop, knight, etc.), this is known as underpromotion. It's mostly a "why would you ever do that?" thing, though.

[–] nexguy@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

That's why they said "at most"

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