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crixos8
I always wondered why in chess when pawn reaches other side you can choose a bishop or a rook instead of a queen. I think the horsey Can be a good choice but, Why a rook and a bishop when the queen Its practically the both of them
CraigIreland

There are rare cases where choosing a Queen would make Checkmate more difficult because Stalemate has to be considered.

Kbz10troy

White to move. If f8=Q, it's stalemate. Better to promote to a rook.

Derek-C-Goodwin

I never needed to do it only for the queen and I played a very long time! I think it is rare.