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David Paulowich wrote on Fri, Oct 13, 2006 10:49 PM UTC:
1927 World Chess Championship: J. R. Capablanca resigned a game against
Alexander Alekhine when there were 4 queens on the board (2 White and 2
Black).  Another curious chess fact: sometimes a pawn is promoted early in
the game when the player still has all 8 (nonpawn) pieces.