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That en passant was hot. Be my queen. (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 months ago by spicytuna62@lemmy.world to c/anarchychess@sopuli.xyz
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[-] ShadowAndFlame@mander.xyz 24 points 6 months ago

There are some situations where promoting to a Queen would result in a stalemate

[-] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

Or to humiliate your opponent

[-] divineslayer@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago

Or possibly promoting to knight would give you checkmate where queen wouldn’t.

this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
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