Answers.Body: <p>Not a bug, it's an entirely possible move. (at least on chess titans.) Chess titans is the windows 7 version of chess.</p>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2020-12-14T09:00:42.533Z
Answers.Text: I don't think what happens in Chess titans is relevant to what happens in "Champion" J2ME chess. It's the rules of chess that matter, I'd say.
Answers.UserDisplayName: lodebari
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2020-12-14T06:00:40.923Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2020-12-14T06:00:40.923Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: user25693
Answers.Body: <p>Pawns only go diagonally when they capture. See the section 3.7 of <a href="http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=171&amp;view=article" rel="noreferrer">Chess rules</a>.</p>
  
  <p>The software you mention probably has a flaw.</p>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2017-11-15T08:17:49.563Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2017-11-15T08:17:49.563Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: Evargalo
Body: <p>Playing the "Champion" J2ME chess, I noticed that the bot (black) made the move "Pg2-h1=Q." Is this a bug or just a rarely known rule like en passant and castling?</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2017-11-15T08:11:37.123Z
Comments.Text: It is a bug, pawns only go diagonally when they capture.
Comments.UserDisplayName: RemcoGerlich
Tags: <rules><pawns><pawn-promotion>
Title: Can a pawn move to the last row diagonally without a capture?
ThreadText: # Can a pawn move to the last row diagonally without a capture?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-11-15)
  
  Playing the "Champion" J2ME chess, I noticed that the bot (black) made the move "Pg2-h1=Q." Is this a bug or just a rarely known rule like en passant and castling?
  
  **Tags:** rules, pawns, pawn-promotion
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: It is a bug, pawns only go diagonally when they capture.  
  
  ---
  
  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-11-15. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  Pawns only go diagonally when they capture. See the section 3.7 of [Chess rules](http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=171&view=article).
  
  The software you mention probably has a flaw.
  
  
  ---
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2020-12-14. Score: -2
  
  Not a bug, it's an entirely possible move. (at least on chess titans.) Chess titans is the windows 7 version of chess.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_3**: I don't think what happens in Chess titans is relevant to what happens in "Champion" J2ME chess. It's the rules of chess that matter, I'd say.  
  
  ---
  
  