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Posted by drgandalf
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5/21/2003
09:39:37

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Subject: Underpromotion

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Has anyone ever seen a game or a study involving the promotion of a pawn to a bishop?

Posted by indiana-jay
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5/21/2003
10:11:08

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Hmmm... I don't know but a Queen has the characteristic of a Bishop, so I don't think that it is necessary to promote to a Bishop.

Posted by tulkos
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5/21/2003
11:32:19

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but it, would be easier,

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say if you promoted to a queen or rook,the result would be stalemate, so you promote instead to a bishop which is easier to mate with than N + B.
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Posted by wirzan
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5/22/2003
00:53:16

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I've seen a game

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where white promotes to a bishop to confuse his opponent. If he had promoted to a queen, black surely would have taken it, but he didn't take maybe cuz he would have lost an exchange (rook vs bishop) even tho it would have led to a draw game) White won the game.

I don't remember where I saw the game, but I'll try to find it.
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Posted by caldazar
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5/22/2003
01:56:25

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A fun study by Smyslov

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White: King on a5, bishop on c2, knight on d2, pawns on a6, d3, f5, g6, h4, and h5.

Black: King on a8, bishop on f2, pawns on a2, a7, b2, d4, and h6.

(FEN: k7/p7/P5Pp/K4P1P/3p3P/3P4/ppBN1b2/8 w - - 0 1)

White to play and win.
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Posted by mormel12
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5/22/2003
04:59:40

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is that one

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already in the puzzle section?
greetings
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Posted by clemens
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5/22/2003
05:38:23

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Caldazar

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I didn't get very far with that one.... (1. g7 a1=Q+ 2. Ba4 Qg1 - correct so far?)

I'd really like to see the correct analysis posted here.
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Posted by thomaswolf
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5/22/2003
07:25:32

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I did it ;-))

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Hi everybody ;-))

I promoted a pawn to a bishop board #598237 for , like told wirzan , confuse my opponent ;-))

But I don't know yet if I will win this game ;-))

See you

Thomas ;-))

Posted by wirzan
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5/22/2003
08:22:13

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I found the site

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www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/minor.htm

it's a great site with lots of practical underpromotions

Posted by bigh
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5/22/2003
10:36:29

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are there

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any examples of under promotion to a knight?

Posted by gambitnut
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5/22/2003
10:40:01

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I'm sure a knight is much more common

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A knight can do things a queen can't.

Posted by zdrak
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5/22/2003
11:02:51

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White: Kg1, Qh5, Rf1, pawns g2, g7, h2
Black: Kg8, Qd7, Re8, pawns a7, h7

White to move and win



Posted by xerox
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5/22/2003
11:15:19

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rf8 rxf8
qxh7 kxh7
pxf7 and promote it to a knight

Posted by caldazar
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5/22/2003
12:06:17

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"White: King on a5, bishop on c2, knight on d2, pawns on a6, d3, f5, g6, h4, and h5.

Black: King on a8, bishop on f2, pawns on a2, a7, b2, d4, and h6.

(FEN: k7/p7/P5Pp/K4P1P/3p3P/3P4/ppBN1b2/8 w - - 0 1)

White to play and win."

1. g7 is incorrect because Black can stop White from promoting with 1...a1=Q+ and 2...Qg1 as posted. Therefore, to prevent Black from playing his queen to g1, White should play 1. Bb1.

I'm not sure if this study is in the puzzles section or not; I don't visit that area regularly.

Posted by zdrak
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5/22/2003
12:32:25

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A nice one! Here's the solution, don't scroll down if you still want to solve for yourselves:



































































1.Bb1 (thanks for the hint!) a1=Q+ 2.Kb5

and now white is safe from checks, and threatens g7-g8. So black plays:

2...Bg3! 3.g7 Bb8

With the point that g8=Q (or R) is now stalemate after Qa5+ Kxa5. But white has:

4.g8=B!!

threatening Bd5#, and of course the Queen sac is not a stalemate now. Which leaves black only:

4...Be5

Or any other other bishop move for that matter...

5.Bga2!

The queen is trapped and white wins.


Posted by spijker
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5/22/2003
13:02:21

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2 other nice problems

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White: Kh1,Bg1
Black: Kh3,Nd2 and pawn f2
Black to move

White:Kg1 and pawns f7,c6,c5,c4
Black: Ka6,Ba7
White to move

Source unknown to me.

Posted by drgandalf
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5/22/2003
15:42:40

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Thanks

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Thanks for your help everyone.

Posted by gambitnut
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5/22/2003
16:14:53

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If you haven't seen it before ...

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...here's a fun one!

White:

Kf8
Qa1
Rb1,h4
Ba8,d8
Nb2,f7
Pd2,f2,c4,a5,f5,a6,e6,d7

Black:

Kd4
Qb8
Bf4
Pe7,f6,c5,b3,a2

White to play and mate in four.

Posted by gambitnut
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5/22/2003
18:55:58

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For when you are ready to give up

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www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess/babs.html