Originally posted by chessisvanity i'm retarded but i'd think the queen would have same affect as bishop....only more powerful.......but then again......i'm retarded....
i say there is no such position!!....(where a bishop promotion is better than a queen)
for example, if a queen promotion would cause stalemate you would rather a different peice, sometimes a bishop, to safely deliver mate.
Originally posted by mazziewag for example, if a queen promotion would cause stalemate you would rather a different peice, sometimes a bishop, to safelty deliver mate.
Edit: the "Herman Mattison" example is a case I hadn't considered. Although it has to be very rare to say the least, and maybe only in such compositions.
Every move White can possibly make can lead to a win, except promotion to R or Q. And promotion to Q or R is possible, also, if it is just prepared by another move or moves. The key is that the Black king is trapped by its own pawn. So even a N promotion wins.
I'd move Kd7 for the cleanest win. 2 knights would be very difficult and maybe impossible and Knight/Bishop are a easier but still very difficult for lower players.
Originally posted by MoneyMaker7 How can you forget stalemate?!
Sometimes it's more classy to underpromote and mate than to mate with the queen. Just my opinion.
I don't think it matters class-wise how you mate. A loss is a loss, a win is a win. A win might be more elegant or have a nicer combination with certain pieces, but they're both equally as classy.
Unless you toy with someone to promote like, 3 queens just because you can, that's not so classy.