Body: <p>A pawn can be promoted to a <strong>queen</strong>, a <strong>knight</strong>, a <strong>rook</strong> or a <strong>bishop</strong>. My question is why would someone want their pawn to be promoted to anything other than a queen? I can understand the knight promotion since their unconventional movement can lead to a sophisticated check mate, but other than that why would anyone promote their pawn to a rook or a bishop, since a queen can be both? </p>
  
  <p>Are there any known occurrences where a player has promoted his/her pawn not to a queen?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Another http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/9354/situations-of-underpromoting-the-pawn/9367#9367 and yet another http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/730/why-would-one-promote-a-pawn-to-a-knight question on same topic.
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Comments.Text: Underpromotion is done to prevent stalemate. You promote to a rook / knight / bishop to dodge stalemating your opponent.
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Tags: <pawns><pawn-promotion><pawn-endgame>
Title: Why is there an option for the pawn to be promoted in any chess piece?
ThreadText: # Why is there an option for the pawn to be promoted in any chess piece?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-10-17)
  
  A pawn can be promoted to a **queen**, a **knight**, a **rook** or a **bishop**. My question is why would someone want their pawn to be promoted to anything other than a queen? I can understand the knight promotion since their unconventional movement can lead to a sophisticated check mate, but other than that why would anyone promote their pawn to a rook or a bishop, since a queen can be both?
  
  Are there any known occurrences where a player has promoted his/her pawn not to a queen?
  
  **Tags:** pawns, pawn-promotion, pawn-endgame
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Another http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/9354/situations-of-underpromoting-the-pawn/9367#9367 and yet another http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/730/why-would-one-promote-a-pawn-to-a-knight question on same topic.  
  > **username_2**: Underpromotion is done to prevent stalemate. You promote to a rook / knight / bishop to dodge stalemating your opponent.  
  
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