Pawn Promotion is one of the most important rules of chess. You can often win a game by getting a Pawn to the end of the board and turning it into a Queen.

This quiz checks that you really understand the rule. If you're not sure, go through the PAWN PROMOTION lesson first.

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Question 1. If a pawn gets to the end of the board you can PROMOTE it to a Queen, a Rook, a Bishop or a Knight. a) Yes b) No

Question 2. A PROMOTED PIECE is placed on the PROMOTION SQUARE, not on its starting square. a) It certainly is. b) It certainly isn't.

Question 3. You can't promote a pawn to a Queen if you've already got a Queen on the board. a) That's quite true. b) That's completely false.

Question 4. If you get your King to the other side of the board you get another Queen. a) You certainly do. b) You certainly don't.

Question 5. If White promotes to a QUEEN it would be STALEMATE so he should promote to a ROOK instead. a) Of course he should! b) Of course not!

Question 6. White should promote to a KNIGHT: it's CHECK and he will be able to take the Black Queen next move. a) What a good idea! b) What a dumb idea!

Question 7. White can't promote his Pawn in this position. a) Perfectly true! b) That's a load of rubbish!

Question 8. White can't promote his Pawn in this position. a) He's right, you know. b) He doesn't know what he's talking about!

Question 9. White's just moved his Bishop to the end of the board. He can turn it into a Queen. a) That's quite correct! b) That's not true!

Question 10. It's possible to have NINE QUEENS on the board at the same time if you promote all your pawns. a) Oh yes you can! b) Oh no you can't!

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