When NOT to queen!

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AdminX
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When NOT to queen!

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I was getting my butt kicked in a blitz game on Chess.com when my opponent was lured away by the darkside of the force to queen his pawn and gifting me a forced draw in exchange for it. :wink:

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Black to move

Fen: 3r3k/pp4qp/7p/n3R2Q/P1p5/2P5/KP1p4/8 b - - 0 35
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Re: When NOT to queen!

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yeah, you were in deep sh!t :D

by the way, does chess.com have that board layout??
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Re: When NOT to queen!

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whereagles wrote:yeah, you were in deep sh!t :D

by the way, does chess.com have that board layout??
:lol: :lol: No, I imported the game into Chessbase printed the board from there.
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