Can you solve this chess puzzle?

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Kayd3nYT

capunder

Why promote the pawn to rook instead of to queen?

Kayd3nYT
capunder wrote:

Why promote the pawn to rook instead of to queen?

If you promote to queen, Black plays Rc4+ and when you take the rook...

staLEMATE

sumxr_txme

For anybody wondering what type of endgame theme this is known as, it’s called the Saavedra position.

JosephReidNZ

Did it.

jesperiarnell

It's easy gg

jesperiarnell

Why it's not QUEEN BRO

jesperiarnell

Easiest with the queen

sumxr_txme
jesperiarnell wrote:

Why it's not QUEEN BRO

refer to post #3

ShastaTampon

I would have promoted to queen...but it's my first day of learning and I'm terrible. #Sadge

Gabkwa2114

If you promote to queen then Rc4+ Qxc4 will be a draw by stalemate... Kind of easy tho... Right?