Have You Ever Promated?

@ketchuplover

If you have done more than once with particular pieces please indicate below. Thanx.

I can't remember a time but I have been playing for over 16 years 🤷

@ketchuplover said
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Play enough blitz and you'll get most of these...except maybe the Bishop.

I've underpromoted just to mess with my opponent; for example, capturing a piece with a pawn on the 8th rank and promoting bishop.

In live games online, you can see the timer winding down as they're deciding whether capturing is worth a move or not. Once in a while they'll ignore it for a more positional move, which ends up working in my favor in the end.

@ketchuplover said
@ketchuplover

If you have done more than once with particular pieces please indicate below. Thanx.

Can't remember selecting another piece or how many times,except maybe once when a queen would have meant stalemate but a rook didn't

I removed my previous post
(never done that before, wanted to see if I could replace it)
All it said was I'll be back later today with some promotions with mate stats.

Promotion giving checkmate stats.

White = 10,979
Black = 10,591

White Queen = 9,583
White Rook = 1,310
White Bishop = 37
White Knight =49

Black Queen = 9,187
Black Rook = 1,332
Black Bishop = 32
Black Knight = 40

80% of that number (possibly higher) are players with won positions v players who
have chosen not to resign, as they are entitled to do, and play for a stalemate.
(Up until 2021 There have been 14,755 stalemates on RHP.)

The under promotions to a Rook or Bishop could easily have been a Queen.
You only under promote in these circumatances to avoid stalemate.

Some of the promoted Knight mates are players being cute forcing a player
into a position with a Queen and Rook to be mate with a Knight promotion.

This game is one when only a Knight promotion will do.

carles - taheri RHP 2007

Here's a composition by Troitsky, 1925 which requires a B promotion to win.

Not once have I promated 😀

Probated is another story...