follow-up #60:
For fun, I downloaded all rated, standard chess lichess games played in January 2017 (Lichess was smaller back then, with more manageable file size) and looked at the first 10 or so underpromotions to Bishop I could find.
As expected, all of them were jokes, with the game already decided and it didn't matter anymore... so if looking for interesting underpromotions in the Lichess dataset, I guess one needs to search either with a lot of patience, or filter with a script.
ply 92 joke
ply 93 joke
ply 122 joke
ply 137 joke
funnily enough, this one ended in a stalemate later in the game. The joke backfired badly...
ply 95 joke
ply 67 joke
ply 86 joke
underpromotion out of frustration, apparently...
ply 105 joke
ply 78 joke
A joke, but it has a certain style to it. A Bishop is enough to check the King, so why promote to a Queen?
ply 176 joke
Haha, how to mate with three bishops.
For fun, I downloaded all rated, standard chess lichess games played in January 2017 (Lichess was smaller back then, with more manageable file size) and looked at the first 10 or so underpromotions to Bishop I could find.
As expected, all of them were jokes, with the game already decided and it didn't matter anymore... so if looking for interesting underpromotions in the Lichess dataset, I guess one needs to search either with a lot of patience, or filter with a script.
ply 92 joke
ply 93 joke
ply 122 joke
ply 137 joke
funnily enough, this one ended in a stalemate later in the game. The joke backfired badly...
ply 95 joke
ply 67 joke
ply 86 joke
underpromotion out of frustration, apparently...
ply 105 joke
ply 78 joke
A joke, but it has a certain style to it. A Bishop is enough to check the King, so why promote to a Queen?
ply 176 joke
Haha, how to mate with three bishops.