An Allumwandlung (German for “complete promotion”, sometimes shortened to AUW) is a chess problem where, at some stage in the solution, a pawn (or sometimes pawns) is promoted variously to a Knight, Bishop, Rook and Queen, in fairy chess, possibly to fairy pieces.
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Quotes of the Day
I enjoy it when I see my opponent really suffering when he knows that I’ve outsmarted him
Magnus Carlsen 2012
We lost the crowns of World Champions, it is sad, of course. But if you look at the rating list of top 100 players, Russia is still dominating. However, the competition is constantly growing stronger.
Arkady Dvorkovich 2011
Carlsen will sooner or later become World Champion. I like him, he is a Monty Python fan, just like me.
Vishy Anand 2008
As chess players, Kasparov and Karpov have exhausted themselves, the people began to forget them and they are trying to attract attention with their inadequate statements.
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov 2010
Carlsen: “I ran out of steam towards the end but fortunately I played better than he did”
Magnus Carlsen 2017
