From: Colin Paul Adams <colin <at> COLINA <dot> DEMON <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 17 dec 1999
Subject: Re: Chu shogi promotion rule, and B27 and C11

>>>>> "J" == J A Lipscomb <ewwa <at> CHATTANOOGA <dot> NET> writes:

    >> `Should a piece not be promoted, it cannot do so on its next
    >> move, unless it makes a capture.'"

    J> Would this mean that a pawn or lance which moves to the 11th
    J> rank without promoting cannot move on its owner's next turn
    J> (since that move would bring it to the 12th and force it to
    J> promote) if nothing is in front of it?  Or is forced
    J> nowhere-to-go promotion an exception?

Er, that is an exception - a pawn or lance reaching the final rank
MUST promote.
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Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire