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Promotion Tactics

This page is an extension of 56 Tactical Patterns That All Chess Players Should Know.

Promotion tactics are ideas that help a pawn promote or force your opponent to sacrifice material to stop it from promoting.

Here are three examples of Promotion Tactics.

Example #1

1. Bxb6 axb6 2. a7


Example #2

1. Rxf5


Example #3

1… Bd2


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