Answers.Body: <p>The promoted piece replaces the pawn on the square that the pawn moved to (the 8th rank for White, the 1st rank for Black).</p>
  
  <p>From the FIDE Laws of Chess, (emphasis mine):</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>3.7.e. When a player, having the move, plays a pawn to the rank furthest from
    its starting position, he must exchange that pawn as part of the same
    move for a new queen, rook, bishop or knight of the same colour <strong>on the
    intended square of arrival.</strong></p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Body: <p>When a pawn promotes, does the new piece go to the promotion square, or the home square of piece type it promoted to? In other words, if a pawn promotes to a queen, does the queen go back to the square where the queen starts?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Because it is a similar and quite frequent misunderstanding: Note that you can also promote a pawn into a piece that hasn't been taken yet. So you might end up with 2 queens or 3 knights.
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Title: When a pawn promotes, does the new piece go to the promotion square, or the home square of piece type it promoted to?
ThreadText: # When a pawn promotes, does the new piece go to the promotion square, or the home square of piece type it promoted to?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-04)
  
  When a pawn promotes, does the new piece go to the promotion square, or the home square of piece type it promoted to? In other words, if a pawn promotes to a queen, does the queen go back to the square where the queen starts?
  
  **Tags:** rules, pawn-promotion
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Because it is a similar and quite frequent misunderstanding: Note that you can also promote a pawn into a piece that hasn't been taken yet. So you might end up with 2 queens or 3 knights.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2015-04-04. Score: 5
  
  The promoted piece replaces the pawn on the square that the pawn moved to (the 8th rank for White, the 1st rank for Black).
  
  From the FIDE Laws of Chess, (emphasis mine):
  
  > 3.7.e. When a player, having the move, plays a pawn to the rank furthest from
  > its starting position, he must exchange that pawn as part of the same
  > move for a new queen, rook, bishop or knight of the same colour **on the
  > intended square of arrival.**
  
  
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