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Subject: Re: endgame and not promoting to queen.

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 17:44:14 02/08/06

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On February 08, 2006 at 17:50:10, Mark Rawlings wrote:

>On February 08, 2006 at 17:25:28, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On February 08, 2006 at 17:22:25, John Merlino wrote:
>>
>>>On February 08, 2006 at 17:15:48, Joshua Shriver wrote:
>>>
>>>>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
>>>
>>>[D]8/5P1k/5K2/8/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
>>>
>>>jm
>>
>>Sorry, submitted too soon. That was an example of stalemate.
>
>
>Looks like f8R wins.
>
>Mark

Right.  And f8=Q ==> 1/2-1/2

>>
>>Here's an example of a loss:
>>
>>[D]5bnr/pP1R1ppp/2k1p3/8/P7/1P2B3/5PPP/qN4K1 w - - 0 1
>>
>>Promoting to a Knight on b8 is checkmate; promoting to anything else is a loss.
>>
>>jm



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