[Retros] Eric's off-topic idea

[Noam Elkies]

...and come to think of that, the last move of AJM's sample game is
a bit of a surprise too:


> 12 bxc8=Q+ (to the pawns!) Kxc8


So a pawn is a royal piece that loses its royalhood upon promotion?
I'd have expected that royal pawns normally promote to royal pieces
(indeed losing royalty seems to contradict "promotion"...).

NDE