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Promotion
A pawn that reaches the last rank becomes a queen (or any piece): turning the humblest unit into the strongest. Whole endgames revolve around escorting a passed pawn home.
How to spot it: value your passed pawns and push them; clear their path; and in tactics, look for the pawn break or sacrifice that opens a promotion square with check or with unstoppable speed.
How to spot it: value your passed pawns and push them; clear their path; and in tactics, look for the pawn break or sacrifice that opens a promotion square with check or with unstoppable speed.
Now spot it yourself
A real position: find the move. This is exactly what the drills in the app do, banded from beginner to expert.
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