Pawn (chess) bishops, ten rooks or nine queens on the board at the same time. While this extreme would almost never occur in practice, in game 11 of their 1927 world championship match, José Raúl Capablanca and Alexander Alekhine each had two queens in play at once (from move 65 through the end on move 66). While some finer sets do include an extra queen of each color, most standard chess sets do not come with additional pieces, so the physical piece used to replace a promoted pawn on the board is usually one that was previously captured. When the correct piece
Opposite-colored bishops endgame Paulsen and Adolf Anderssen in their unofficial world championship match. It was a draw because of the wrong rook pawn. Play continued: This 1620 game between an unknown player and Gioachino Greco was won by Black on move 50. Opposite-colored bishops endgame The opposite-colored bishops endgame is a chess endgame in which each side has a single bishop, but the bishops reside on opposite-colored squares on the chessboard, thus cannot attack or block each other. Without other pieces (but with pawns) these endings are notorious for their tendency to result in a draw. These are the most difficult endings in