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Subject: endgame and not promoting to queen.

Author: Joshua Shriver

Date: 14:15:48 02/08/06

Are there any instances where you wouldn't want to promote a pawn into a queen,
because it would lead to a stalemate or a loss?

Josh

Not to mention the famous Saavedra study GuyHaworth 00:36:33 02/09/06
- Re: Saavedra study wrong?! Joseph Tadeusz 02:32:46 02/09/06
  - Not 'wrong': just arguably 'best defence' by Black GuyHaworth 09:22:00 02/09/06
    - Re: Not 'wrong': just arguably 'best defence' by Black Uri Blass 09:55:29 02/09/06
      - Agreed ... GuyHaworth 01:07:23 02/10/06
  - Re: Saavedra study wrong?! h.g.muller 03:19:30 02/09/06
    - Re: Saavedra study wrong?! Joseph Tadeusz 04:24:29 02/09/06
      - Re: Saavedra study wrong?! h.g.muller 05:13:27 02/09/06
        
        Re: Saavedra study wrong?! Maurizio De Leo 13:43:27 02/09/06
        
        Re: Saavedra study wrong?! h.g.muller 15:07:54 02/09/06
        
        Re: Saavedra study wrong?! Yakov Konoval 23:47:25 02/09/06
        
        Re: Saavedra study wrong?! h.g.muller 01:09:07 02/10/06
        
        Re: Saavedra study wrong?! Yakov Konoval 02:45:43 02/10/06
        
        16 x 16 ??? h.g.muller 11:22:29 02/10/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? Yakov Konoval 01:18:35 02/11/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? Duncan Roberts 09:52:14 02/12/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? h.g.muller 01:53:29 02/11/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? Marc Bourzutschky 09:04:45 02/12/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? h.g.muller 05:42:10 02/13/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? Marc Bourzutschky 03:40:08 02/14/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? h.g.muller 13:41:03 02/14/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? Duncan Roberts 09:45:38 02/12/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? Marc Bourzutschky 12:09:41 02/12/06
        
        Re: 16 x 16 ??? Duncan Roberts 12:08:11 02/13/06
Yes ... GuyHaworth 16:51:51 02/08/06
Re: endgame and not promoting to queen. John Merlino 14:22:25 02/08/06
- Re: endgame and not promoting to queen. John Merlino 14:25:28 02/08/06
  - program to probe for such endings? Joshua Shriver 15:11:23 02/08/06
    - Re: program to probe for such endings? Rafael Andrist 09:51:27 02/09/06
      - Re: program to probe for such endings? Dann Corbit 11:44:26 02/09/06
        
        Re: program to probe for such endings? Rafael Andrist 09:42:26 02/10/06
    - Re: program to probe for such endings? Dann Corbit 17:43:21 02/08/06
  - Re: endgame and not promoting to queen. Mark Rawlings 14:50:10 02/08/06
    - Re: endgame and not promoting to queen. Dann Corbit 17:44:14 02/08/06

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