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Hi there.

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In this lecture, we're going to have a look at -- promotion and a little bit more detail, and I'm

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going to show you on a clearer boards where it's been simplified.

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Now, if we're playing wins, the opponent has her free pawns.

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Who's winning this situation?

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You think you've only got one who's winning?

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Well, actually, you are, because you're going to be promoting your -- to a queen.

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The queen's very, very powerful.

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So.

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You can go hand with your -- and so that go ahead, you can actually choose now do you want to promote

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your queen or rock a bishop or knight and say, we go for a queen?

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We're actually easily winning.

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The queen is worth nine units.

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Generally, pawns are only worth one unit.

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So you'll be winning her and the pawn promotion.

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If there was something here, you could have taken and promoted as well.

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By the way, there was something to take her, like a knight or a bishop, Murdoch or queen you could

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take and promote at the same time.

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So, yeah, poor promotion is very important.

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It shows actually that as your pawns get to the sixth rank, they become a major concern in general

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because they're going to really become all powerful when they reach the 8th rank.

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So I hope that's clarified a little bit more -- promotion.

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OK, that's much.