Is there ever a reason to promote to a bishop? If so, what is it?

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Is there ever a reason to promote to a bishop? If so, what is it? I understand why one would promote to a queen, rook, or knight. I won't go into why here, see other questions. But why would one ever promote to a bishop? Not to show off, there must be a real reason that promoting to a queen, rook, or knight would all be worse.

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '23 at 18:15

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One reason is to avoid stalemate. Suppose you are playing blitz chess and you don't have much time left. In hurry, you can't think much so you choose to promote to bishop. So chances of stalemate decreases.

answered Apr 03 '23 at 18:15

ramanujan

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Is there ever a reason to promote to a bishop? If so, what is it?

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