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Underpromotion

Underpromotion means promoting a pawn to a rook, bishop, or knight instead of a queen. The reason is concrete: a queen would stalemate the king, or a knight promotion is the move that gives check.

Before you promote to a queen, look at the enemy king's moves. If the queen takes the last flight square without giving check, the position is stalemate and the game is drawn.

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