Author: Jeremiah Penery
Date: 16:05:56 09/20/99
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On September 20, 1999 at 16:15:46, James Robertson wrote: >My program only generates Queen and Knight promotions, as I have never seen a >position where a Bishop/Rook promotion was any good.... I have run across a few >nice Knight promotion positions, though. There are some positions where promoting to a Rook is the only winning move, as a Queen promotion would stalemate, and a Knight wouldn't be enough to be able to mate the opponent with. Unfortunately, I don't have any examples. :( In any case, such positions are VERY rare. Jeremiah
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