sometimes when I promote a pawn I don’t take a queen
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Sometimes in the past when I’ve promoted a pawn I’ve taken a rook or bishop instead of a queen. Looking back it seems like a pompous thing to do. Any thoughts?
I’m still a noob at chess but to me that seems pointless.
Jul 23, 2020
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TheHarbingerOfDoom wrote:
Sometimes in the past when I’ve promoted a pawn I’ve taken a rook or bishop instead of a queen. Looking back it seems like a pompous thing to do. Any thoughts?
I agree, it would seem like a pompous thing to do; however if promoting your pawn to a, Rook, or Knight, would put your opponent King in checkmate, go for it.
Jul 23, 2020
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B_M_Miller wrote:
TheHarbingerOfDoom wrote:
Sometimes in the past when I’ve promoted a pawn I’ve taken a rook or bishop instead of a queen. Looking back it seems like a pompous thing to do. Any thoughts?
I agree, it would seem like a pompous thing to do; however if promoting your pawn to a, Rook, or Knight, would put your opponent King in checkmate, go for it.
Oh I forgot the, P.S.
P.S. It do's not take a chess grandmaster to know that.
Jul 23, 2020
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MISTER_McCHESS wrote:
sometimes I have promoted to rook because if I promoted to a queen it would be stalemate
Who are you talking to?
Jul 23, 2020
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CounterproductiveHam wrote:
Only a knight
What, Please make yourself clear?
Jul 23, 2020
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MISTER_McCHESS wrote:
@B_M_Miller probably because a queen can do what a bishop can do, and what a rook can do, but not what a knight can do
yup
A knight can cover squares a queen can’t so that isn’t the same as a rook or bishop as a queen has their abilities and more.
Many, many times the best move is to promote to queen, but sometimes its not. For example, you can promote to knight to make a fork or to a rook to avoid stalemate.
Other than to avoid a stalemate as already pointed out it would be classed as showboating I guess
Jul 23, 2020
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All right I all ready have had my say, I am leaving this conversation.
Because we would all rather have a queen than a rook or bishop in a tight game but would only promote one when the result was inevitable.
GR8 Analysis btw
GMPatzer wrote:
you learnt this on chesskid did you
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Always promote to a Q unless.....
1. doing so leads to stalemate
2. Promoting to a N leads to immediate mate.