What were the queens moves prior to this. And what did a pawn become when it reached the other side.
I remember people always saying you could choose what piece you wanted. Though everyone most always chose queen of course. Though I could see someone choosing knight in certain circumstances.
A pawn originally did not have the option of moving two squares on its first move, and promoted only to a queen upon reaching the eighth rank. The queen was originally the fers or farzin, which could move one square diagonally in any direction.
In the Persian and Arabic game the bishop was a pīl (Persian) or fīl (Arabic) (meaning “elephant”) which moved two squares diagonally with jump
What were the queens moves prior to this. And what did a pawn become when it reached the other side.
I remember people always saying you could choose what piece you wanted. Though everyone most always chose queen of course. Though I could see someone choosing knight in certain circumstances.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess#History
yoo we still call it fil (elephant) in Turkey
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