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Subject: Re: Underpromoting other than to a knight

Author: Howard Exner

Date: 15:26:05 01/29/98

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On January 29, 1998 at 17:57:00, David Fotland wrote:

>I know that some positions require underpromoting a pawn to a knight,
>but are there any that win with an underpromote to a bishop or rook?
>
>I'd like to limit the move generator to just queen and knight
>promotions.
>
>Thanks,
>
>David Fotland

I'm not sure if I've ever seen an under promotion other than
a Knight from an actual OTB game. Promoting to bishops or rooks
is a nice theme in composed problems however.
 Does anyone have an example of an OTB game with a bishop or rook
under promotion?



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