Answers.Body: <p>No way. I would resign if I were Black. This is a hopeless position - game over. Anybody other than a total beginner would win for White.</p>
  
  <p>However if:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Black's pawn is a rook or bishop pawn</li>
  <li>Black's pawn is close to promotion</li>
  <li>Black's king is close to the pawn</li>
  <li>White's king is far away from the pawn</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>It'd be possible to draw by stalemate.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p><a href="https://chess24.com/en/read/news/7-stalemates-every-chess-player-needs-to-know" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chess24.com/en/read/news/7-stalemates-every-chess-player-needs-to-know</a></p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p><strong>Note:</strong> colour reversed in the examples.</p>
  
  <p>King + rook pawn vs. queen</p>
  
  <pre><code>7K/7P/6q1/8/8/1k6/8/8 w - - 0 1
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>King + bishop pawn vs. queen (variation)</p>
  
  <pre><code>7K/5P2/6q1/8/8/3k4/8/8 w - - 0 1
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Black's only chance to salvage a draw is to of course, keep his pawn with the hope of queening it. However, this is not possible here because after, say, 1...e3 2.Qd5+ Kc2 3. Qe4 Kd2 4.Qd4+, black must block his own pawn with 4...Ke2 and white can play 5.Kf5, bringing his king closer to the pawn. After 5...Kf2 for example, white goes 6.Qf4+ and black needs to go back with 6...Ke2, and white brings his king closer again with 7.Ke4 and plays 8.Qxe3 the next move.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[fen "8/8/5K2/4Q3/4p3/3k4/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
  
  1...e3 2.Qd5+ Kc2 3. Qe4 Kd2 4.Qd4+ Ke2 5.Kf5 Kf2 6.Qf4+ Ke2 7.Ke4 null 8.Qxe3
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This idea is similar with the pawn on the 2nd or 7th rank (i.e. 1 square away from queening), except for rook or bishop pawns, which can be drawn under certain conditions (the side with the queen needs to have his king in what most endgame textbooks call the "winning zone"). <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame#Queen_versus_a_pawn_on_the_seventh_rank" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Wikipedia</a> actually has an article on this. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Without going into a lot of detailed analysis, the simplest way to win as White is to get the Q in front of the pawn (1. Qa1 followed by 2. Qe1 will do it) and then bring your K up to win it with the Q's help.  After that it's a simple win with K and Q vs K.  Forget about any stalemate ideas.  They're wishful thinking in this position.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Black gets a stalemate if his pawn is a rook or bishop pawn, it's on the 7th rank, and the white king is not inside the winning zone (usually one or two squares from the pawn - see Jesus De La Villa's <em>100 Endgames You Must Know</em> for more details.)</p>
  
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Body: <p>Can Black somehow get a stalemate against the White King-Queen combination or should he try to save his pawn as long as he can?</p>
  
  <pre><code>8/8/5K2/4Q3/4p3/3k4/8/8 b - - 0 1
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.Text: There is no forced stalemate either way. Black's only hope is a gargantuan mistake by White.
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Tags: <endgame><stalemate>
Title: Can black get a stalemate?
ThreadText: # Can black get a stalemate?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-05-20)
  
  Can Black somehow get a stalemate against the White King-Queen combination or should he try to save his pawn as long as he can?
  8/8/5K2/4Q3/4p3/3k4/8/8 b - - 0 1
  
  **Tags:** endgame, stalemate
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: There is no forced stalemate either way. Black's only hope is a gargantuan mistake by White.  
  
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  ## 4 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-05-20. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  No way. I would resign if I were Black. This is a hopeless position - game over. Anybody other than a total beginner would win for White.
  However if:
  
  Black's pawn is a rook or bishop pawn
  Black's pawn is close to promotion
  Black's king is close to the pawn
  White's king is far away from the pawn
  
  It'd be possible to draw by stalemate.
  
  https://chess24.com/en/read/news/7-stalemates-every-chess-player-needs-to-know
  
  Note: colour reversed in the examples.
  King + rook pawn vs. queen
  7K/7P/6q1/8/8/1k6/8/8 w - - 0 1
  
  King + bishop pawn vs. queen (variation)
  7K/5P2/6q1/8/8/3k4/8/8 w - - 0 1
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2017-05-20. Score: 1
  
  Black's only chance to salvage a draw is to of course, keep his pawn with the hope of queening it. However, this is not possible here because after, say, 1...e3 2.Qd5+ Kc2 3. Qe4 Kd2 4.Qd4+, black must block his own pawn with 4...Ke2 and white can play 5.Kf5, bringing his king closer to the pawn. After 5...Kf2 for example, white goes 6.Qf4+ and black needs to go back with 6...Ke2, and white brings his king closer again with 7.Ke4 and plays 8.Qxe3 the next move.
  [fen "8/8/5K2/4Q3/4p3/3k4/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
  
  1...e3 2.Qd5+ Kc2 3. Qe4 Kd2 4.Qd4+ Ke2 5.Kf5 Kf2 6.Qf4+ Ke2 7.Ke4 null 8.Qxe3
  
  This idea is similar with the pawn on the 2nd or 7th rank (i.e. 1 square away from queening), except for rook or bishop pawns, which can be drawn under certain conditions (the side with the queen needs to have his king in what most endgame textbooks call the "winning zone"). Wikipedia actually has an article on this.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2017-05-27. Score: 1
  
  Without going into a lot of detailed analysis, the simplest way to win as White is to get the Q in front of the pawn (1. Qa1 followed by 2. Qe1 will do it) and then bring your K up to win it with the Q's help. After that it's a simple win with K and Q vs K. Forget about any stalemate ideas. They're wishful thinking in this position.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2017-05-20. Score: 0
  
  Black gets a stalemate if his pawn is a rook or bishop pawn, it's on the 7th rank, and the white king is not inside the winning zone (usually one or two squares from the pawn - see Jesus De La Villa's *100 Endgames You Must Know* for more details.)
  
  
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