Week 2 worksheet: Pawn promotion

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Lesson plan · Worksheet · Large print · Answer key · 12-week syllabus

Find the move in each picture and write it down in words (“rook takes the pawn on d7”), or in chess notation if you know it (Rxd7).

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Worked example. White to move: make a new queen.

Answer: f8=Q. The pawn steps onto the last row and becomes a queen. In notation: f8 = the square, =Q = becomes a queen.

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    1. White to move: make a new queen.

    Answer: ______________________

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    2. White to move: one pawn is blocked. Make a queen with the other.

    Answer: ______________________

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    3. White to move: make a queen and win the rook in one move.

    Answer: ______________________

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    4. Black to move: make a new queen. Black pawns move down the board.

    Answer: ______________________

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    5. White to move: promote with checkmate.

    Answer: ______________________

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    6. White to move: make a queen, with check, and win the rook.

    Answer: ______________________

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