The history of the modern pawn promotion rules is more recent than one might suspect; notably Philidor was one leading player of old who opposed what would become today's standard rules:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promot...ry_of_the_rule
The history of the modern pawn promotion rules is more recent than one might suspect; notably Philidor was one leading player of old who opposed what would become today's standard rules:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promot...ry_of_the_rule
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Hamlet (1.5.167-8), Hamlet to Horatio.