Editing Rules of chess (section)

====Promotion====
{{Main|Promotion (chess)}}

If a player advances a pawn to its eighth rank, the pawn is then ''promoted'' (converted) to a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color at the choice of the player (a queen is most common). The choice is not limited to previously {{chessgloss|captured}} pieces. Hence it is theoretically possible for a player to have up to nine queens or up to ten rooks, bishops, or knights if all of the player's pawns are promoted.{{sfn|FIDE|2023|loc=articles 3.7.3.3, 3.7.3.4, and 3.7.3.5}}