You can promote a Pawn to any other piece, except the King, that you choose.
You do not have to have lost the piece you promote the Pawn to. It's therefore theoretically possible for a player to have nine Queens (the original, plus eight promoted pawns).
However, you may not give control of it to your opponent; it remains your piece.
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When the pawn gets to the other side of the board, it can get promoted into a bigger piece, such as a quenn or a knight.
The pawn , upon promotion , will stay in the square in which the promotion took place until the next move where the promotion , usually a Queen , can then move .