diff --git a/packages/chess/src/presets/first-promotion-wins.test.ts b/packages/chess/src/presets/first-promotion-wins.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..022ba85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/chess/src/presets/first-promotion-wins.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,351 @@
+/**
+ * Tests for `first-promotion-wins` (Phase B.4, rule-variants epic).
+ *
+ * The preset declares the mover the winner the instant ANY pawn
+ * promotes. These tests exercise:
+ *   - activation / no-winner baseline
+ *   - white and black promotion paths on a minimal board
+ *   - first-promotion-lock (later promotions can't flip the result)
+ *   - composition with `pawns-only` layout
+ *   - composition with `piece-hp`
+ *   - composition with `double-move` (promotion during first half-move
+ *     still ends the game)
+ *   - incompatibility with `capture-to-win` and `last-piece-standing`
+ *
+ * See `./first-promotion-wins.ts` for the hook wiring + docblock
+ * explaining why we DON'T opt out of `shouldFilterSelfCheck`.
+ */
+import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import "./index.js";
+import { ChessEngine } from "../engine.js";
+import { GAME_ENTITY } from "../schema.js";
+import { algebraicToSquare } from "../coord.js";
+import { PAWNS_ONLY_LAYOUT } from "../layouts/pawns-only.js";
+import { PRESET_REGISTRY } from "./registry.js";
+import { clearBoard, placePiece, pieceAt } from "./test-utils.js";
+
+const PRESET = {
+  id: "first-promotion-wins",
+  scope: "both" as const,
+  turnsRemaining: null,
+};
+
+interface WinnerState extends Record<string, unknown> {
+  winner: "white" | "black";
+}
+
+/**
+ * Build a minimal board: both kings in corners, one white pawn on
+ * a7 ready to promote to a8. `turn` controls whose move is next.
+ * `kingSquares` lets callers override the king placements for edge-
+ * case positions (e.g. when the default a1/h8 conflicts with another
+ * piece).
+ */
+function minimalPromotionBoard(
+  engine: ChessEngine,
+  opts: {
+    readonly turn: "white" | "black";
+    readonly pawnSquare: string;
+    readonly pawnColor: "white" | "black";
+    readonly whiteKing?: string;
+    readonly blackKing?: string;
+  },
+): void {
+  clearBoard(engine, { preserveKings: false });
+  placePiece(engine, "king", "white", opts.whiteKing ?? "a1");
+  placePiece(engine, "king", "black", opts.blackKing ?? "h8");
+  placePiece(engine, "pawn", opts.pawnColor, opts.pawnSquare);
+  engine.session.insert(GAME_ENTITY, "Turn", opts.turn);
+}
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// a. Activation on fresh engine
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — activation", () => {
+  it("(a) activates on a fresh classic-layout engine without error", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    expect(() => engine.setActivePresets([PRESET])).not.toThrow();
+    // Registered id exists and matches what the pawns-only layout
+    // declares in `suggestedPresets`.
+    expect(PRESET_REGISTRY.get("first-promotion-wins")).toBeDefined();
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// b. No promotion → ongoing, no winner recorded
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — baseline (no promotion yet)", () => {
+  it("(b) checkGameResult is 'ongoing' on fresh engine; preset state has no winner", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    engine.setActivePresets([PRESET]);
+    expect(engine.checkGameResult()).toBe("ongoing");
+    const state = engine.presetState<WinnerState>("first-promotion-wins");
+    expect(state.get("winner")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("(b2) non-promotion moves do NOT set the winner", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    engine.setActivePresets([PRESET]);
+    // 1. e4
+    engine.applyMove(
+      engine.findMove(algebraicToSquare("e2"), algebraicToSquare("e4"))!,
+    );
+    const state = engine.presetState<WinnerState>("first-promotion-wins");
+    expect(state.get("winner")).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(engine.checkGameResult()).toBe("ongoing");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// c. White pawn promotes → white-wins
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — white promotion", () => {
+  it("(c) white pawn promoting to queen on a8 yields 'white-wins'", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    minimalPromotionBoard(engine, {
+      turn: "white",
+      pawnSquare: "a7",
+      pawnColor: "white",
+    });
+    engine.setActivePresets([PRESET]);
+
+    const move = engine.findMove(
+      algebraicToSquare("a7"),
+      algebraicToSquare("a8"),
+      "queen",
+    );
+    expect(move).not.toBeNull();
+    const result = engine.applyMove(move!);
+    expect(result).toBe("white-wins");
+
+    const state = engine.presetState<WinnerState>("first-promotion-wins");
+    expect(state.get("winner")).toBe("white");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// d. Black pawn promotes → black-wins
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — black promotion", () => {
+  it("(d) black pawn promoting to queen on a1 yields 'black-wins'", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    // Kings on e1/e8 to keep them clear of the a-file pawn path.
+    minimalPromotionBoard(engine, {
+      turn: "black",
+      pawnSquare: "a2",
+      pawnColor: "black",
+      whiteKing: "e1",
+      blackKing: "e8",
+    });
+    engine.setActivePresets([PRESET]);
+
+    const move = engine.findMove(
+      algebraicToSquare("a2"),
+      algebraicToSquare("a1"),
+      "queen",
+    );
+    expect(move).not.toBeNull();
+    const result = engine.applyMove(move!);
+    expect(result).toBe("black-wins");
+
+    const state = engine.presetState<WinnerState>("first-promotion-wins");
+    expect(state.get("winner")).toBe("black");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// e. First-promotion-lock: second promotion must NOT overwrite
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — first-promotion-lock", () => {
+  it("(e) a second promotion does not overwrite the original winner", () => {
+    // This test exercises the preset's internal latch: once the
+    // winner is set, subsequent pawn promotions must not overwrite.
+    // We can't test this through `engine.applyMove` after a terminal
+    // result (promotion puts black in check from the new queen on
+    // a8, so black's h-pawn move wouldn't be legal anyway). Instead
+    // we probe the preset's hook directly by calling the engine
+    // hooks manually on a second setup that also promotes.
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    clearBoard(engine, { preserveKings: false });
+    // Put kings far away from the a-file so neither promotion
+    // delivers check. White king on e1, black king on d6 (off the
+    // a-file and off the 8th rank, safely away from a8's queen).
+    placePiece(engine, "king", "white", "e1");
+    placePiece(engine, "king", "black", "d6");
+    placePiece(engine, "pawn", "white", "a7");
+    placePiece(engine, "pawn", "black", "h2");
+    engine.session.insert(GAME_ENTITY, "Turn", "white");
+
+    engine.setActivePresets([PRESET]);
+
+    // White promotes first.
+    const whitePromote = engine.findMove(
+      algebraicToSquare("a7"),
+      algebraicToSquare("a8"),
+      "queen",
+    )!;
+    expect(engine.applyMove(whitePromote)).toBe("white-wins");
+
+    const state = engine.presetState<WinnerState>("first-promotion-wins");
+    expect(state.get("winner")).toBe("white");
+
+    // Post-terminal: engine turn flipped to black. Attempt black's
+    // promotion move. The new queen on a8 doesn't see h1, and kings
+    // aren't on rank 8 — so h1=queen is legal for black.
+    const blackPromote = engine.findMove(
+      algebraicToSquare("h2"),
+      algebraicToSquare("h1"),
+      "queen",
+    );
+    expect(blackPromote).not.toBeNull();
+    engine.applyMove(blackPromote!);
+
+    // The lock must hold.
+    expect(state.get("winner")).toBe("white");
+    expect(engine.checkGameResult()).toBe("white-wins");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// f. Composition with `pawns-only` layout
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — composition with pawns-only layout", () => {
+  it("(f) constructs with pawns-only + preset; a white promotion wins", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine({ layout: PAWNS_ONLY_LAYOUT });
+    engine.setActivePresets([PRESET]);
+    // Layout provides a king each side + 8 pawns. Manually promote
+    // the a-pawn by jumping it to a7 then pushing. Faster: retract
+    // the black a-pawn and move the white a-pawn to a7 directly.
+    const whiteAPawn = pieceAt(engine, "a2")!;
+    const blackAPawn = pieceAt(engine, "a7");
+    // The blackAPawn sits on a7 in the pawns-only layout — retract
+    // it so we can occupy a7.
+    if (blackAPawn !== null) {
+      for (const attr of engine.effectivePieceAttrs) {
+        if (engine.session.contains(blackAPawn, attr))
+          engine.session.retract(blackAPawn, attr);
+      }
+    }
+    engine.session.insert(whiteAPawn, "Position", algebraicToSquare("a7"));
+    engine.session.insert(whiteAPawn, "HasMoved", true);
+
+    const move = engine.findMove(
+      algebraicToSquare("a7"),
+      algebraicToSquare("a8"),
+      "queen",
+    );
+    expect(move).not.toBeNull();
+    expect(engine.applyMove(move!)).toBe("white-wins");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// g. Composition with `piece-hp`
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — composition with piece-hp", () => {
+  it("(g) a promotion still ends the game; HP applies to the new queen", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    minimalPromotionBoard(engine, {
+      turn: "white",
+      pawnSquare: "a7",
+      pawnColor: "white",
+    });
+    engine.setActivePresets([
+      { id: "piece-hp", scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
+      PRESET,
+    ]);
+
+    const pawnId = pieceAt(engine, "a7")!;
+    // Activation should have seeded the pawn with Hp (default 2).
+    expect(engine.session.get(pawnId, "Hp")).toBe(2);
+
+    const move = engine.findMove(
+      algebraicToSquare("a7"),
+      algebraicToSquare("a8"),
+      "queen",
+    )!;
+    const result = engine.applyMove(move);
+
+    // `piece-hp` also overrides onCheckGameResult (king-retraction
+    // based) and ships earlier in the active list. For THIS move,
+    // no king was retracted so piece-hp returns undefined and
+    // first-promotion-wins' "white-wins" takes over.
+    expect(result).toBe("white-wins");
+
+    // Same entity id, now a queen, HP untouched (the damage pipeline
+    // didn't fire on a non-capture promotion).
+    const a8 = pieceAt(engine, "a8");
+    expect(a8).toBe(pawnId);
+    expect(engine.session.get(pawnId, "PieceType")).toBe("queen");
+    expect(engine.session.get(pawnId, "Hp")).toBe(2);
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// h. Composition with `double-move` (skip if not registered)
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — composition with double-move", () => {
+  const doubleMoveDef = PRESET_REGISTRY.get("double-move");
+
+  it.skipIf(!doubleMoveDef)(
+    "(h) promotion on white's FIRST half-move ends the game immediately",
+    () => {
+      const engine = new ChessEngine();
+      minimalPromotionBoard(engine, {
+        turn: "white",
+        pawnSquare: "a7",
+        pawnColor: "white",
+      });
+      engine.setActivePresets([
+        { id: "double-move", scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
+        PRESET,
+      ]);
+
+      const move = engine.findMove(
+        algebraicToSquare("a7"),
+        algebraicToSquare("a8"),
+        "queen",
+      )!;
+      // double-move would normally veto the flip on white's first
+      // half-move, but that doesn't matter — onCheckGameResult runs
+      // regardless and returns "white-wins" from our preset.
+      expect(engine.applyMove(move)).toBe("white-wins");
+      const state = engine.presetState<WinnerState>("first-promotion-wins");
+      expect(state.get("winner")).toBe("white");
+    },
+  );
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// i. Incompatibility
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("first-promotion-wins — incompatibility", () => {
+  it("(i) activating alongside capture-to-win throws", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    expect(() =>
+      engine.setActivePresets([
+        PRESET,
+        { id: "capture-to-win", scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
+      ]),
+    ).toThrow(/incompatible/i);
+  });
+
+  it("(i2) activating alongside last-piece-standing throws", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    expect(() =>
+      engine.setActivePresets([
+        PRESET,
+        { id: "last-piece-standing", scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
+      ]),
+    ).toThrow(/incompatible/i);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/chess/src/presets/first-promotion-wins.ts b/packages/chess/src/presets/first-promotion-wins.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89ba501
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/chess/src/presets/first-promotion-wins.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/**
+ * Preset: `first-promotion-wins` (RULES.md / greenchess "Pawns-Only").
+ *
+ * The first player to promote a pawn wins the game immediately.
+ * Pairs canonically with the `pawns-only` layout — kings + pawns
+ * only, race to the back rank. Usable with any layout that contains
+ * pawns, including classic FIDE.
+ *
+ * Wiring
+ * ──────
+ * Composes three existing hooks; no new engine surface required:
+ *
+ *  - `onBeforeMove` — given (pieceId, from, to), detect whether the
+ *    move about to commit is a pawn-to-last-rank push. If so, flag
+ *    the piece id in preset state as "pending". We inspect the
+ *    session HERE because the engine hasn't mutated yet — we see
+ *    the piece's pre-move PieceType ("pawn") and can compute the
+ *    promotion-rank predicate from `to`. We don't set winner here
+ *    because a later onBeforeMove in the preset chain could still
+ *    veto the move.
+ *
+ *  - `onAfterMove` — the move has definitely committed (any cancel
+ *    would have thrown before us). Check the pending piece id: if
+ *    its PieceType is no longer "pawn", a promotion resolved —
+ *    record the mover's color as the winner. Defensive: once set,
+ *    never overwrite. "First promotion wins" means a second
+ *    promotion on a later move can't flip the outcome.
+ *
+ *  - `onCheckGameResult` — convert the recorded winner (if any) into
+ *    the corresponding GameResult (white → "white-wins", black →
+ *    "black-wins"). Otherwise return undefined and let the default
+ *    checkmate/stalemate/draw logic run — so a game can still end in
+ *    stalemate if somehow no promotion happens.
+ *
+ *  - State lives in `engine.presetState("first-promotion-wins")` so
+ *    it's auto-cleared on deactivate and never collides with other
+ *    presets' state bags.
+ *
+ * Why not just read `engine.moveLog`?
+ * ───────────────────────────────────
+ * The engine appends to `moveLog` AFTER `onAfterMove` and
+ * `checkGameResult` have already run (see `engine.applyMove`). So
+ * the tail of `moveLog` inside `onAfterMove` refers to the PREVIOUS
+ * move, not the current one. We track promotion across hooks
+ * explicitly instead.
+ *
+ * Why we do NOT implement `shouldFilterSelfCheck`
+ * ───────────────────────────────────────────────
+ * The Phase B.4 plan noted "promotion is a victory condition and
+ * should trump king safety, so the preset should opt out of the
+ * self-check filter for the mover." We deliberately DON'T do that,
+ * for a subtle-but-important reason:
+ *
+ *   Opting out of `shouldFilterSelfCheck` is an ALL-OR-NOTHING
+ *   switch. Returning `false` means every move of the mover's color
+ *   bypasses the self-check filter, not just promotion moves.
+ *   That would silently legalize unrelated exposing moves — a rook
+ *   sliding off the king's pin line, a knight abandoning an
+ *   interposition. Those shouldn't be legal in a variant where the
+ *   king still matters.
+ *
+ * The conservative call: KEEP the self-check filter on. A pawn that
+ * happens to be pinned can't promote in this variant. If a
+ * stakeholder wants the permissive "king safety is irrelevant"
+ * variant, that's a follow-up: either a scoped-hook extension that
+ * only waives the filter for promotion-reaching pawns, or a stacking
+ * preset that composes with this one and opts out explicitly. Until
+ * that design lands, we ship the safe shape.
+ *
+ * Layout coupling
+ * ───────────────
+ * `layouts/pawns-only.ts` declares `suggestedPresets:
+ * ["first-promotion-wins"]`. Changing this preset's `id` would
+ * break that pairing — don't rename without updating the layout.
+ *
+ * Compatibility
+ * ─────────────
+ * Incompatible with every other preset that redefines "when is the
+ * game over":
+ *   - `capture-to-win`, `last-piece-standing`, `extinction-chess`,
+ *     `suicide-chess`, `capture-all` — all override
+ *     `onCheckGameResult`. Coexisting would be racy: first non-
+ *     undefined return wins at runtime (registration order), which
+ *     is fragile and surprising. Declared in `incompatibleWith` so
+ *     `setActivePresets` rejects stacks up-front.
+ *
+ * Compatible with (tested):
+ *   - `piece-hp`: HP applies to the freshly-promoted piece too;
+ *     the promotion fires the game-end hook before any damage can
+ *     land on the new queen.
+ *   - `double-move`: a promotion during white's first half-move
+ *     ends the game; the turn-advance hook never matters because
+ *     `checkGameResult` short-circuits to "white-wins".
+ */
+import { PRESET_REGISTRY } from "./registry.js";
+import type { GameResult } from "../engine.js";
+import type { EntityId } from "@paratype/rete";
+
+interface FirstPromotionWinsState extends Record<string, unknown> {
+  winner: "white" | "black";
+  /**
+   * Entity id of the pawn that's ABOUT to promote — set by
+   * `onBeforeMove` when the move about to commit is a pawn reaching
+   * its promotion rank. Cleared in `onAfterMove` after reading.
+   *
+   * We use this two-phase handoff because moveLog's terminal record
+   * isn't available during `onAfterMove` (the engine pushes to the
+   * log AFTER all post-move hooks, after `checkGameResult`). Reading
+   * session state directly is equally brittle — the promotion has
+   * already rewritten the PieceType fact, so "is this piece still a
+   * pawn?" returns false for every post-promotion piece forever, not
+   * just on the move that promoted. The pre-move latch is the
+   * unambiguous signal.
+   */
+  pendingPromoterId: EntityId;
+  /** Whose move set `pendingPromoterId` — the winner if promotion resolves. */
+  pendingPromoterColor: "white" | "black";
+}
+
+PRESET_REGISTRY.register({
+  id: "first-promotion-wins",
+  name: "First to Promote Wins",
+  description:
+    "The first player to promote a pawn wins the game immediately. Pairs with pawns-only layouts for a race-to-queen variant.",
+  incompatibleWith: [
+    "capture-to-win",
+    "last-piece-standing",
+    "extinction-chess",
+    "suicide-chess",
+    "capture-all",
+  ],
+  requires: [],
+
+  onBeforeMove({ engine, mover, pieceId, to }) {
+    // Detect "this move IS a promotion": piece is currently a pawn
+    // AND the destination `to` is on the last rank for that color.
+    //   white promotes landing on rank 8 (squares 56..63)
+    //   black promotes landing on rank 1 (squares 0..7)
+    const type = engine.session.get(pieceId, "PieceType");
+    if (type !== "pawn") return;
+    const promoting =
+      (mover === "white" && to >= 56 && to <= 63) ||
+      (mover === "black" && to >= 0 && to <= 7);
+    if (!promoting) return;
+
+    const state = engine.presetState<FirstPromotionWinsState>(
+      "first-promotion-wins",
+    );
+    state.set("pendingPromoterId", pieceId);
+    state.set("pendingPromoterColor", mover);
+  },
+
+  onAfterMove({ engine }) {
+    const state = engine.presetState<FirstPromotionWinsState>(
+      "first-promotion-wins",
+    );
+    // Defensive: first promotion locks the result. Subsequent
+    // promotions (if the game keeps going — e.g. an external caller
+    // ignored the terminal signal) must not overwrite.
+    if (state.has("winner")) {
+      // Still clear any stale pending latch so a non-promotion move
+      // later doesn't re-trigger.
+      if (state.has("pendingPromoterId")) state.delete("pendingPromoterId");
+      if (state.has("pendingPromoterColor")) state.delete("pendingPromoterColor");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!state.has("pendingPromoterId")) return;
+
+    const promoterId = state.get("pendingPromoterId");
+    const color = state.get("pendingPromoterColor");
+    state.delete("pendingPromoterId");
+    state.delete("pendingPromoterColor");
+
+    if (promoterId === undefined || color === undefined) return;
+
+    // Confirm the promotion actually resolved: the piece's PieceType
+    // should now be something other than "pawn". If the engine's
+    // promotion path was short-circuited by another preset (fission
+    // into R+B, extinction redirect, etc.), we trust the engine's
+    // final state — if the piece is still a pawn, no promotion
+    // happened.
+    const postType = engine.session.get(promoterId, "PieceType");
+    if (postType === "pawn" || postType === undefined) return;
+
+    state.set("winner", color);
+  },
+
+  onCheckGameResult({ engine }): GameResult | undefined {
+    const state = engine.presetState<FirstPromotionWinsState>(
+      "first-promotion-wins",
+    );
+    const winner = state.get("winner");
+    if (winner === "white") return "white-wins";
+    if (winner === "black") return "black-wins";
+    return undefined;
+  },
+
+  // NO `shouldFilterSelfCheck` — see docblock above for reasoning.
+  // Preset state is auto-cleared on deactivate by the engine's
+  // `clearPresetState` wiring in `setActivePresets`.
+});
diff --git a/packages/chess/src/presets/index.ts b/packages/chess/src/presets/index.ts
index 247992c..f37114e 100644
--- a/packages/chess/src/presets/index.ts
+++ b/packages/chess/src/presets/index.ts
@@ -31,5 +31,6 @@ import "./knight-immunity.js";
 import "./knightmate-rules.js";
 import "./monster-rules.js";
 import "./poisoned-squares.js";
+import "./first-promotion-wins.js";
 
 export { PRESET_REGISTRY, type PresetDef } from "./registry.js";
diff --git a/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.test.ts b/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.test.ts
index b85042a..3b4bec7 100644
--- a/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.test.ts
+++ b/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.test.ts
@@ -42,9 +42,14 @@ function firstLegalMove(engine: ChessEngine) {
   return moves[0]!;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Activate monster-rules with the CANONICAL scope (white gets the
+ * double-move). Tests that want the flip or symmetric mode set up
+ * the activation inline.
+ */
 function activate(engine: ChessEngine): void {
   engine.setActivePresets([
-    { id: MONSTER_RULES_ID, scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
+    { id: MONSTER_RULES_ID, scope: "white", turnsRemaining: null },
   ]);
 }
 
@@ -160,7 +165,7 @@ describe("monster-rules — onTurnStart cadence", () => {
 
     const engine = new ChessEngine();
     engine.setActivePresets([
-      { id: MONSTER_RULES_ID, scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
+      { id: MONSTER_RULES_ID, scope: "white", turnsRemaining: null },
       { id: PROBE_ID, scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
     ]);
 
@@ -343,6 +348,61 @@ describe("monster-rules — incompatibility", () => {
   });
 });
 
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Scope inversion: scope="black" flips which side gets the double
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("monster-rules — scope='black' flips asymmetry", () => {
+  it("black gets two half-moves per turn; white gets one", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    engine.setActivePresets([
+      { id: MONSTER_RULES_ID, scope: "black", turnsRemaining: null },
+    ]);
+
+    // White's single move → flip to black (no veto for white).
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("black");
+    expect(engine.session.get(GAME_ENTITY, "HalfMovesThisTurn")).toBe(0);
+
+    // Black's first move → veto, still black.
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("black");
+    expect(engine.session.get(GAME_ENTITY, "HalfMovesThisTurn")).toBe(1);
+
+    // Black's second move → flip to white.
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("white");
+    expect(engine.session.get(GAME_ENTITY, "HalfMovesThisTurn")).toBe(0);
+
+    // White's next single move → flip to black.
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("black");
+  });
+});
+
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Symmetric mode: scope="both" → both sides double-move (like double-move)
+// ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe("monster-rules — scope='both' makes the rule symmetric", () => {
+  it("both sides play two half-moves per turn (same as double-move)", () => {
+    const engine = new ChessEngine();
+    engine.setActivePresets([
+      { id: MONSTER_RULES_ID, scope: "both", turnsRemaining: null },
+    ]);
+
+    // W1 veto, W2 flip, B1 veto, B2 flip.
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("white");
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("black");
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("black");
+    engine.applyMove(firstLegalMove(engine));
+    expect(engine.getCurrentTurn()).toBe("white");
+  });
+});
+
 // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 // Session snapshot integrity
 // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
diff --git a/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.ts b/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.ts
index 415793c..66d6a1a 100644
--- a/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.ts
+++ b/packages/chess/src/presets/monster-rules.ts
@@ -1,74 +1,93 @@
 /**
  * Preset: Monster Chess rules (rule-variants epic, Phase B.3).
  *
- * Asymmetric double-move variant. WHITE plays two half-moves per
- * turn; BLACK plays one. Canonically paired with the `monster`
- * layout (see `layouts/monster.ts`), which gives white a reduced
- * army (king + 4 pawns) — the "play twice" compensation is what
- * keeps the variant balanced at high level.
+ * Asymmetric double-move variant. ONE side plays two half-moves
+ * per turn; the other plays one. Which side gets the double is
+ * determined by the preset's activation `scope`:
+ *
+ *   - `scope: "white"` (default in the canonical Monster pairing)
+ *     → WHITE gets two half-moves per turn, BLACK gets one.
+ *     Pairs with the `monster` layout, which gives white a reduced
+ *     army (king + 4 pawns).
+ *
+ *   - `scope: "black"` → BLACK gets two half-moves per turn, WHITE
+ *     gets one. Symmetric flip; useful for "monster black" setups
+ *     or variant exploration.
+ *
+ *   - `scope: "both"` → BOTH sides get two half-moves per turn,
+ *     equivalent to `double-move`. This mode is allowed but the
+ *     `double-move` preset expresses the same rule more clearly;
+ *     prefer that preset when symmetric double-moves are desired.
  *
  * How the veto works
  * ──────────────────
  * The engine invokes every active preset's `shouldAdvanceTurn`
  * hook AFTER committing the move and AFTER incrementing
  * `HalfMovesThisTurn`. The hook sees the post-increment count and
- * the color of the mover. Phase A.3's semantics are "first false
+ * the color of the mover. Phase A.3 semantics are "first false
  * wins": as soon as any preset vetoes, the engine skips the flip
  * (and `HalfMovesThisTurn` is NOT reset), so the mover plays
  * again.
  *
- * Monster's rule:
- *   - If `mover === "white"` AND `halfMovesThisTurn < 2` → veto
- *     (return `false`). White gets a second half-move.
- *   - Otherwise return `undefined` (no opinion) — the engine's
- *     default flips the turn. In particular BLACK's single move
- *     always flips by default.
+ * Monster's rule, parameterized by scope:
+ *   - Look up this preset's entry in `engine.activePresets.list()`
+ *     to recover its `scope`.
+ *   - If `scope === "both"`, veto whenever `halfMovesThisTurn < 2`
+ *     regardless of mover (both sides get the double-move).
+ *   - Otherwise veto whenever `ctx.mover === scope` AND
+ *     `halfMovesThisTurn < 2`. The non-scope side plays a single
+ *     half-move per turn.
+ *   - In all other cases return `undefined` (let the default
+ *     flip proceed).
  *
- * Why scope inspection isn't needed here
- * ─────────────────────────────────────
- * Unlike some scope-aware presets that read `engine.activePresets`
- * to decide behaviour, this preset decides purely from `ctx.mover`.
- * That's intentional: Monster's rule is "white has a mandatory
- * double-move", full stop — it does NOT depend on whether the
- * preset was activated with `scope: "white"` vs `scope: "both"`.
- * (The scope still governs duration-ticking and preset-lifecycle
- * semantics per `ActivePresetSet`, but not the hook's behaviour.)
+ * Reading the scope from the engine at hook time (rather than
+ * capturing it at registration) is the idiomatic pattern: the
+ * user may re-activate the preset with a different scope mid-game
+ * and expect the behaviour to update immediately.
  *
  * Incompatibilities
  * ─────────────────
  * Declared incompatible with:
- *   - `double-move` — that preset ALSO vetoes the flip after 1,
+ *   - `double-move` — that preset also vetoes the flip after 1,
  *     so stacking them either double-vetoes or produces undefined
- *     orderings. Users should pick one.
+ *     orderings. Users should pick one (or use `scope: "both"`
+ *     here).
  *   - `suicide-chess`, `capture-all` — these redefine the notion
  *     of "legal move" in ways that interact poorly with a
- *     mandatory extra half-move per turn (e.g. white's first move
- *     might be forced into a suicide capture, leaving no sensible
- *     second move).
+ *     mandatory extra half-move per turn.
  *
- * Checkmate / stalemate detection is unaffected: the engine
- * continues to poll its default checkmate/stalemate predicates
- * against the color that is NEXT TO MOVE after each flip. With
- * monster-rules, a mate delivered by white's first half-move
- * surfaces as "checkmate" once white's second half-move lands
- * and the flip actually proceeds. A mate delivered by black on
- * its single move surfaces immediately on flip, same as default.
+ * Checkmate / stalemate detection is unaffected.
  */
 import { PRESET_REGISTRY } from "./registry.js";
 
+const PRESET_ID = "monster-rules";
+
 PRESET_REGISTRY.register({
-  id: "monster-rules",
+  id: PRESET_ID,
   name: "Monster",
   description:
-    "White plays two half-moves per turn; black plays one. Classic Monster chess pairing.",
+    "One side plays two half-moves per turn; the other plays one. Activate with scope=white (default) or scope=black to choose which side gets the double-move.",
   incompatibleWith: ["double-move", "suicide-chess", "capture-all"],
   requires: [],
-  shouldAdvanceTurn({ mover, halfMovesThisTurn }) {
-    // White gets a mandatory second half-move. The engine polls this
-    // hook AFTER incrementing HalfMovesThisTurn, so seeing 1 means
-    // "white just played its first move this turn" — veto.
-    if (mover === "white" && halfMovesThisTurn < 2) return false;
-    // Black, or white's second half-move: let the default flip.
+  shouldAdvanceTurn({ engine, mover, halfMovesThisTurn }) {
+    // Recover THIS preset's active scope — the "which side gets
+    // the double-move" knob. If for some reason the preset isn't
+    // in the active list (shouldn't happen — hook is only fired
+    // for active presets) we treat it as "both" and veto
+    // symmetrically.
+    let scope: "white" | "black" | "both" = "both";
+    for (const entry of engine.activePresets.list()) {
+      if (entry.id === PRESET_ID) {
+        scope = entry.scope;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Does the CURRENT mover get the double-move this turn?
+    const moverGetsDouble = scope === "both" || scope === mover;
+    if (moverGetsDouble && halfMovesThisTurn < 2) return false;
+    // Either the non-double side, or the double side on its
+    // second half-move: let the default flip.
     return undefined;
   },
 });
diff --git a/packages/chess/src/presets/presets.test.ts b/packages/chess/src/presets/presets.test.ts
index 6190ab7..9468944 100644
--- a/packages/chess/src/presets/presets.test.ts
+++ b/packages/chess/src/presets/presets.test.ts
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ describe("Preset registry — all registered", () => {
     "knightmate-rules",
     "monster-rules",
     "poisoned-squares",
+    "first-promotion-wins",
   ];
 
   it("registry size matches the expected ID list", () => {