drgandalf
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Underpromotion Has anyone ever seen a game or a study involving the promotion of a pawn to a bishop?
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indiana-jay
♡ 10 ( +1 | -1 )
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.
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tulkos
♡ 14 ( +1 | -1 )
but it, would be easier, 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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wirzan
♡ 33 ( +1 | -1 )
I've seen a game 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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caldazar
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A fun study by Smyslov 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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mormel12
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is that one already in the puzzle section?
greetings
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clemens
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Caldazar 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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thomaswolf
♡ 30 ( +1 | -1 )
I did it ;-)) 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 ;-))
wirzan
♡ 20 ( +1 | -1 )
I found the site www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/minor.htm
it's a great site with lots of practical underpromotions
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gambitnut
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I'm sure a knight is much more common A knight can do things a queen can't.
zdrak
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White: Kg1, Qh5, Rf1, pawns g2, g7, h2
Black: Kg8, Qd7, Re8, pawns a7, h7
White to move and win
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caldazar
♡ 42 ( +1 | -1 )
"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.
zdrak
♡ 44 ( +1 | -1 )
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.
spijker
♡ 12 ( +1 | -1 )
2 other nice problems 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.
drgandalf
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