Kevin Pacey
12-08-2019, 11:17 PM
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/Promotion_(chess)#History_of_the_rule
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess)#History_of_the_rule