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Promotion (chess)
A promotion is a chess term which is given to the pawn that reaches the eighth square, becoming a queen, knight, bishop or rook. In practice, promoting to a bishop or rook usually makes no sense since the queen can do everything that either of them can, and the player gives away more information about his planned strategy to the opponent by not choosing a queen. Promotions to knight can be quite useful depending on the situation.
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