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Have you ever "under-promoted" in a real game?

Have you ever "under-promoted" in a real game?

  • No, I've always Queened.
  • Yes, but just to show off.
  • Yes. (My set doesn't have extra Queens!)
  • Yes, to avoid giving stalemate!
  • Yes, because a Knight was more effective!

Created on March 2, 2012 | 11043 Votes | 152 Comments

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  • 2 days ago

    volencho

    For fun yeah

  • 6 days ago

    Kellen_Chessman

    I lied. I've always queened(accept when I forked king and queen with a knight. It was fun.

  • 2 weeks ago

    Strikertaz_07

    I don't imagine that someone will promote bishop.

  • 2 weeks ago

    Strikertaz_07

    I promote rook to have some fun. But in some reason, if the knight will be useful . Knight . It depends on the situation

  • 4 weeks ago

    josh1001

    i love to promote to queen

  • 6 weeks ago

    crok

    this is to my novice knowledge of chess probably the most famous """ under-promotion""" game ever; esp in a serious tournament...

    http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1507516

    (imagine the players as they spent time and gold travelling to have their game unfold like this ;) i am sure they will never forget that game, CHECK it out; now :)

  • 6 weeks ago

    JoeTheV

    I sometimes do it to show off, but to have fun at the same time, especially if my opponent drags the game on and wastes time in Live.

  • 7 weeks ago

    blabla6453

    hi

  • 7 weeks ago

    jeremysha

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  • 7 weeks ago

    JEMORANGE

    I promoted to a pawn and the adjudicator just got angry

  • 2 months ago

    Justified08

    i chose one of the following:

    -to show off

    -to avoid giving stalemate

    -because only a knight would draw

    i chose to show off because i want to show offWink

    heres one that i uderpromoted to aviod stalemate

  • 2 months ago

    JustinChessHobbyist

     

    Here is my first time I under promoted

  • 2 months ago

    Ballofwhacks

    Savage, I agree with you completely exept for the fact that sometimes you need to promote to a rook/bishop/knight/whatever to avoid stalemate.

  • 2 months ago

    yoony123

    yes just to annoy people when they don't resign

  • 3 months ago

    crok

    i almost always under-promote to a rook since most endgames involve rook battles. thus it is good practice for me to fight with a rook. however if the enemy is going to recapture the promoted pawn i almost always make a Queen so they are 'forced' to recapture. i think once or twice i have made a B or N for tactical reasons but usually its a Rook my baby pawn promotes to...

  • 3 months ago

    cloudychocolate

    I agree with SavageLotus. The queen can do everything the rook and bishop can do. The only way it can't move is like the knight, so thus, queen or knight if you're trying to win as quickly as possible.

  • 3 months ago

    ITISMYMOVE

    Yes to checkmate with a rook,felt sorry for the guy as a queen wouldn't have reflected a close game,normally would have little mercy ;)

  • 3 months ago

    mandm7

    i always promote to a bishop and kinda show off.

  • 4 months ago

    Firestopr

    just to troll someone, I underpromoted four pawns into four knights, borrowed from other sets at the tournament, lol. 

  • 4 months ago

    Ballofwhacks

    If you don't have a spare queen, turn a captured rook upside-down and use that as a spare. If all rooks are still on the board, lay a pawn down flat and use that. Remember to pray that it doesn't roll.

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