Pawn moves: promotion

   A pawn that advances all the way to the opposite side of the board (the opposing player's first rank) is promoted to another piece of that player's choice. The pawn is immediately (before the opposing player's next move) replaced by a queen, rook, bishop, or knight of the same color, even if the original piece is on the board. Thus, you could have two queens, three rooks, etc. Promotion is often called "queening", because in practical play the piece chosen is nearly always a queen. When some other piece is chosen it is known as underpromotion and the piece selected is usually a knight. This will typically be done only if this enables a forced mate, or to carry out a tactic, such as a knight fork.

   Most standard chess sets do not come with additional pieces, so the physical piece used to replace a promoted pawn is usually one that was previously captured. The choice of promotion, however is not limited to captured pieces. However unlikely, it is completely legal for one player to simultaneously have as many as ten knights or ten bishops or ten rooks or nine queens. When the correct piece is not available, some substitute is used: a second queen is often represented by inverting a previously captured rook.

Q: How many pawn moves does White have?

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