In a Chess tournament, a piece would be brought over from another set. If you're playing at home, anything will do really. There's no requirement that the promotion can only use a piece that has been previously lost.
In most home games, if the chessplayer wants a second queen, a taken rook/castle is used but placed upside-down on the board to indicate its new role as a second queen.
In a game of chess, when a pawn reaches the opponent's back rank, it can be promoted to any other piece except a king. This means you can promote a pawn to a second queen if you already have one on the board.
Yes, it is possible to checkmate with a pawn in a game of chess, although it is rare and requires strategic play to promote the pawn to a more powerful piece.
Heck yes!
No, in a game of chess, a pawn cannot be promoted to another pawn. Pawns can only be promoted to a higher-ranking piece, such as a queen, rook, bishop, or knight.
A ten minute chess game is a blitz game of chess.
The first game of chess was played in India.
No, chess is not a track and field game.
The king is a piece in a game of chess.
Believe it or not, but it is physically difficult to play game after game after game of chess.
Chess was already an established and popular game amongst the countries who settled what later became the USA. So it assumedly just travelled across with them, no one person introduced the game to the continent.
The basic chess rules on the Chess Teacher website begin for those who already know how the chess pieces move. It is explained on here where each chess piece must be placed to start the game. A refresher on which player starts first and what 'moves' are permitted on the board can also be found on this page.
Chess matches; chess boards; versions of chess.