Underpromotion
Sometimes a knight is better than a queen.
Example
A new queen on e8 would be taken. What about a knight?
- 1. e8=N+: A knight, with check, and it attacks the queen too.
- 1... Kd7: The king moves…
- 2. Nxg7: …and the knight takes the queen.
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