Questions related to techniques for promoting pawns, or the promotion itself.
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Promotion Race between non-confronting three Pawns
Two evenly matched players have reached the endgame exchanging off all their pieces except the King and 3 Pawns. Having castled on opposite sides, we have now reached the following interesting ...
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What sense does promotion to queen make?
When a pawn finally reaches the eighth rank, then it can be promoted to rook, knight, bishop or queen. It is not hard to imagine that a soldier who has achieved a lot could be promoted to an officer. ...
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Why would one promote a pawn to a knight?
I know that it is makes no sense to promote a pawn to a bishop or a rook as the queen can compensate for both but a knight is something different. However, the queen is still much more powerful. So ...
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What are some examples of promoting a pawn to a rook or bishop?
I understand the theory, and have seen examples, of endgames where a pawn promoted to a queen creates a draw and instead the player typically promotes to rook. My question is, has this ever occurred ...
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Pawn to Queen probabilities chart
Statistically speaking, which white and black pawns are most likely to be queened?
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Are there endgames which could be forced wins if not for the 50-move rule?
Wikipedia's article on the fifty-move rule states:
In the 20th century it was discovered that some positions of certain endgames can only be won in more than fifty moves (without a capture or a ...
