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-<H3> 2.1.3 Promotion of pieces </H3>
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-In sharp contrast to international chess, where only pawns can promote
-to higher-ranked pieces, most of the pieces in shogi can promote. The
-promoted ranks are discussed in the section on piece moves (see section <A HREF="gnushogi_7.html#SEC7">2.1.1 The moves of the pieces</A>) but are repeated here for reference:
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-<DT>Pawn
-<DD>promotes to gold general (called a `tokin' in this case only).
-<P>
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-<DT>Lance
-<DD>promotes to gold general.
-<P>
-
-<DT>Knight
-<DD>promotes to gold general.
-<P>
-
-<DT>Silver general
-<DD>promotes to gold general.
-<P>
-
-<DT>Gold general
-<DD>does not promote.
-<P>
-
-<DT>Bishop
-<DD>promotes to "dragon horse" or just "horse" for short. The horse can
-move as a bishop or can move one square in any orthogonal direction.
-<P>
-
-<DT>Rook
-<DD>promotes to "dragon king" or just "dragon" for short. The dragon
-can move as a rook or can move one square in any diagonal direction.
-<P>
-
-<DT>King
-<DD>does not promote.
-<P>
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-The three ranks furthest away from each player constitute his/her
-"promotion zone". A player may, but is not required to, promote a
-piece after making a move in which the piece begins and/or ends in the
-promotion zone. Thus you can promote a piece when moving the piece into
-the promotion zone, out of the promotion zone, or entirely within the
-promotion zone. Promotion is mandatory in these cases:
-</P><P>
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-<OL>
-
-<LI>You must promote a pawn or a lance after moving it to the last rank.
-<P>
-
-<LI>You must promote a knight after moving it to either of the last
-two ranks.
-<P>
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-</OL>
-<P>
-
-These forced promotions ensure that a piece cannot be moved to a square
-from which it would have no further move.
-</P><P>
-
-Pieces "dropped" onto the board (see section <A HREF="gnushogi_10.html#SEC10">2.1.4 Drops</A>) always drop in the
-unpromoted state, even if they drop into the promotion zone.
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