sometimes when I promote a pawn I don’t take a queen

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athlblue
Beastboiee wrote:
GMPatzer wrote:
 

 

you learnt this on chesskid did you

That ones famous

athlblue

Its not from chesskid

GMPatzer

https://www.chess.com/article/view/a-guide-to-underpromotion

Yu-Hopkins

It really depends on the position. There are cases like Albin's counter gambit trap in Queens pawn opening. In one of the lines, you promote your pawn to a knight or else you lose the attack pressure.  

Sometimes promoting to a knight ends up in mate in 1 instead of queen promotion. 

Sometimes queen promotion leads to stalemates. 

    

goodbye27

if your opponent has nothing and you are afraid of a stalemate position, you get a rook instead.. but that means you are a patzer lol