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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