Pawns shouldn't be autopromoted to queens

[elentari 2,660]

Tested chess a bit today with a friend. 

 

Seems pawns are autopromoted to queens. 

 

This actually creates 2 problems in chess. 

 

#1 An autopromotion to queen can actually deny you victory since if it promotes to queen it can end in a draw due to not allowing the other player's king spaces to move. 

 

#2 Often times knights are the better choice since they have the ability to execute forks (attacking multiple pieces at once due to their L shaped move pattern) 

 

Pawns should be given a choice of promotion. Whether you want a rook, bishop, knight or queen should be up to the players choice. 

[Spercheius 31]

I agree.