Queen versus pawn endgame: Difference between revisions

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* '''18. Kd3'''

and White wins the pawn and then checkmates. The winning process with a knight pawn is the same {{Ref harvard|Seirawan2003|Seirawan 2003:49-53|}}.

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|White to move. Draw if the white king is on any of the marked squares, otherwise White wins.}}

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In some cases, the king can block the queen, as in the second diagram. If the white king is on any of the marked squares, the queen cannot approach the pawn, and the result is a draw {{Ref harvard|Müller2000|Müller and Lamprecht 2000:40-41|}}.

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===Rook pawn===