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It is extremely rare. I saw an example involving Fabiano Caruana(current world #2)[1] and he was visibly excited in the post-match interview and said that's the
by seanhunter 3y ago
It is extremely rare. I saw an example involving Fabiano Caruana(current world #2)[1] and he was visibly excited in the post-match interview and said that's the first time in his whole career (which is thousands and possibly tens of thousands of games especially if you consider online etc) that he had done it.
Edit to add: Here's the game. It was Caruana vs Robson 2021 and occurred in the 7th round of the USCF championship. Fabi's final move was to promote to bishop at which point Ray Robson resigned https://lichess.org/study/embed/iLDop9iy/wCdsPJJI https://lichess.org/study/embed/iLDop9iy/wCdsPJJI He did it for style points- a queen would have been just fine in that position.
[1] https://youtu.be/Bz-V5wms0pk https://youtu.be/Bz-V5wms0pk