Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 15:36:19 01/29/98
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On January 29, 1998 at 18:26:05, Howard Exner wrote: >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? I didn't save positions, but I have seen at least one or two on ICC with Crafty where promotion to a rook was needed to avoid stalemating the opponent. I do 'em all... although I only do =Q in the q-search.
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