Promotion puzzles
A pawn that reaches the last rank becomes a queen, rook, bishop or knight. These puzzles cover forcing a pawn through, and the rare cases where a knight or a rook is the right choice.
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White to move. Find the best move.
White wins in 8 moves. Puzzle rating 1247.
How to spot it
Consider underpromotion when a new queen would give stalemate, or when a knight would arrive with check.
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