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Lesson 26

Lesson goals:

 Chess for fun!
 David versus Goliath
 Under promotion

Chess has its own beauty. In this lesson, we shall see some of the most curious situations!
XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-snrmk(

7+-+P+-zpl'
6-+-+-+nwq&
5+-+-zp-+-%

4pvl-+-zp-+$
3+-zp-+-+-#
2K+-zp-zpptr"
1+-+-+-+-!
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Look at this position! Black has its entire army, all of their 16 pieces still on the board. Can you imagine
that White will checkmate Black in just two moves?

Usually when we have a chance to promote one of our Pawns to another piece, we choose the Queen
because it is the most valuable piece. However, there are exceptions to that once in a while. In this case,
the correct first move is 1.d8(N) (promoting to a Knight and not Queen!). After that, Black has no defense
against the coming smothered mate with 2.Nf7.

In the next position, White could capture either Black Rook, but Black would be still ahead after that.
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8-+-+N+K+(

7+-+-+-+-'
6-+-+-zpkzp&
5+-+-+rzpr%
4-+-+-+P+$
3+-+-+-+-#

2-+-+-+-+"
1+-+-+-+-!
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Amazingly after 1.Ng7, White not only achieves an esthetically perfect position but Black cannot avoid
checkmate on the following move. Whichever Rook runs away, the other one will be captured with
checkmate.

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