Answers.Body: <p>This is a standard <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Queen vs. Pawn endgame</a>. The queen usually, but not always, wins. The standard idea is to check the enemy king repeatedly until it is forced to move in front of the pawn. This gives you a free move , which lets you advance your own king. If the opponent allows it, moving the queen in front of the pawn (...Qb8 in the diagram position) also wins.</p>
  <p>It turns out that this general plan usually works, but fails if the pawn is a bishop's pawn or rook's pawn. In this case the defender can threaten a stalemate defense (e.g. if the pawn is on c2 and the king is on a1, then Qxc2 stalemates the king). There are exceptions and intricacies, though (see the article linked above).</p>
  <p>In your case the pawn is a knight's pawn, so Black wins. If you know the general idea you should be able to find a win even against Stockfish, since it's hard to ruin your position. I would suggest trying it.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Yes, this position can be won by black. Here's how:</p>
  <p>These types of positions show the concept of controlling the million-dollar square. Now, what is that square? In this position, it is <strong>b6</strong>. Why is it called <em><strong>million-dollar square</strong></em>? It is called the <em><strong>million-dollar square</strong></em> because it's the most important square which decides whether black would win this or draw this position.</p>
  <pre><code>[FEN &quot;6k1/8/KP6/8/8/8/8/6q1 w - - 0 1&quot;]
  
   1. b7 Qa1+ 2. Kb6 Qb2+ 3. Ka7 Qd4+ 4. Ka6 Qb4 5. Ka7 Qa5+ 6. Kb8 Kf7 7. Kc8 Qc5+ 8. Kb8 Ke7 9. Ka8 Qa5+ 10. Kb8 Ke8 11. Kc8 Qd8#)
  </code></pre>
  <h2>How does Black win?</h2>
  <p>The basic idea to win these types of positions is to make the White king go in front of the pawn (on the queening square).</p>
  <ol>
  <li>After b7, the black queen starts giving checks.</li>
  <li>As soon as the white king is in front of the pawn(on the queening square), bring the black king closer to the pawn by one square.</li>
  <li>If the white king starts to run then give checks and force it to move in front of the pawn (on the queening square).</li>
  <li>Repeat steps 1,2 and 3 till you checkmate or win the pawn.</li>
  </ol>
  <h2>Learn more about Queen vs Pawn endgames</h2>
  <ol>
  <li><a href="https://lichess.org/study/6Pf46hly" rel="noreferrer">This is a lichess study</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q-TjB6YYRI" rel="noreferrer">Youtube video explaining some Queen vs Pawn endgame</a></li>
  </ol>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Yes, and its pretty simple. Black just plays Qg8 covering the queening square and white has no way to advance the pawn. Black will then advance his king until he captures the pawn and then it's a simple K,Q vs K endgame.</p>
  <p>Most of the time that works in these types of endgames however if the pawn is a bishop pawn (c or f file). white can force a draw under certain circumstances ie if white can get to the 7th rank before black can move his king in. The reason is that there are stalemating opportunities. For example, white could move to the corner square (h8) and black can't take the pawn because it would be stalemate.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Attention: The board is flipped, so the pawn moves downwards, not upwards. Otherwise a correct answer.
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Answers.Text: That's fine. The same idea works. Just check and/or prevent white from advancing the pawn until you get to b8. Then move the king in. In most cases, white can't stop it.
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Answers.Text: Not quite the same. In most cases of KQ vs KP, yes, the queen can safely reach the promotion square on her own. In this particular position however (with king and pawn close to each other and advanced far enough), White can defend b8 against that idea (so it's necessary to use the strategy outlined by the other answers).
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Answers.Text: @Annatar- Not true. The idea is to check and move your king up. Show me how that doesn't work here. Also, I'm teaching the ideas. That's a lot better than memorizing a very specific position and line you will likely never see again in your life. If you understand the ideas you can always play against this type of position. Memorizing specific positions without understanding them isn't going to help you 99% of the time.
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Answers.Text: I think we have a misunderstanding here. The point was not about memorization versus understanding. The point was that the "occupy the promotion square with your queen, then approach with your king" idea just doesn't work here (assuming best play from your opponent), so you have to use the "repeatedly force their king to the promotion square to gain moves for your king" one.
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Answers.Text: And what I said before was if that's what you think then show me the line. Maybe you misunderstood that.
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Body: <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TJjzY.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TJjzY.jpg" alt="black to win" /></a>Came across a puzzle that stopped at this point. How can black win from this position? White to move.</p>
  
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Title: Is this queen vs. pawn endgame position winnable for black?
ThreadText: # Is this queen vs. pawn endgame position winnable for black?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-04-14)
  
  [![black to win](https://i.sstatic.net/TJjzY.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/TJjzY.jpg)Came across a puzzle that stopped at this point. How can black win from this position? White to move.
  
  **Tags:** endgame
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2022-04-14. Score: 5
  
  Yes, this position can be won by black. Here's how:
  
  These types of positions show the concept of controlling the million-dollar square. Now, what is that square? In this position, it is **b6**. Why is it called ***million-dollar square***? It is called the ***million-dollar square*** because it's the most important square which decides whether black would win this or draw this position.
  
  ```
  [FEN "6k1/8/KP6/8/8/8/8/6q1 w - - 0 1"]
  
   1. b7 Qa1+ 2. Kb6 Qb2+ 3. Ka7 Qd4+ 4. Ka6 Qb4 5. Ka7 Qa5+ 6. Kb8 Kf7 7. Kc8 Qc5+ 8. Kb8 Ke7 9. Ka8 Qa5+ 10. Kb8 Ke8 11. Kc8 Qd8#)
  
  ```
  
  ## How does Black win?
  
  The basic idea to win these types of positions is to make the White king go in front of the pawn (on the queening square).
  
  1. After b7, the black queen starts giving checks.
  2. As soon as the white king is in front of the pawn(on the queening square), bring the black king closer to the pawn by one square.
  3. If the white king starts to run then give checks and force it to move in front of the pawn (on the queening square).
  4. Repeat steps 1,2 and 3 till you checkmate or win the pawn.
  
  ## Learn more about Queen vs Pawn endgames
  
  1. [This is a lichess study](https://lichess.org/study/6Pf46hly)
  2. [Youtube video explaining some Queen vs Pawn endgame](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q-TjB6YYRI)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-04-14. Score: 4
  
  This is a standard [Queen vs. Pawn endgame](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_versus_pawn_endgame). The queen usually, but not always, wins. The standard idea is to check the enemy king repeatedly until it is forced to move in front of the pawn. This gives you a free move , which lets you advance your own king. If the opponent allows it, moving the queen in front of the pawn (...Qb8 in the diagram position) also wins.
  
  It turns out that this general plan usually works, but fails if the pawn is a bishop's pawn or rook's pawn. In this case the defender can threaten a stalemate defense (e.g. if the pawn is on c2 and the king is on a1, then Qxc2 stalemates the king). There are exceptions and intricacies, though (see the article linked above).
  
  In your case the pawn is a knight's pawn, so Black wins. If you know the general idea you should be able to find a win even against Stockfish, since it's hard to ruin your position. I would suggest trying it.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2022-04-15. Score: 0
  
  Yes, and its pretty simple. Black just plays Qg8 covering the queening square and white has no way to advance the pawn. Black will then advance his king until he captures the pawn and then it's a simple K,Q vs K endgame.
  
  Most of the time that works in these types of endgames however if the pawn is a bishop pawn (c or f file). white can force a draw under certain circumstances ie if white can get to the 7th rank before black can move his king in. The reason is that there are stalemating opportunities. For example, white could move to the corner square (h8) and black can't take the pawn because it would be stalemate.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: Attention: The board is flipped, so the pawn moves downwards, not upwards. Otherwise a correct answer.  
  > **username_3**: That's fine. The same idea works. Just check and/or prevent white from advancing the pawn until you get to b8. Then move the king in. In most cases, white can't stop it.  
  > **username_4**: Not quite the same. In most cases of KQ vs KP, yes, the queen can safely reach the promotion square on her own. In this particular position however (with king and pawn close to each other and advanced far enough), White can defend b8 against that idea (so it's necessary to use the strategy outlined by the other answers).  
  > **username_3**: @username_4- Not true. The idea is to check and move your king up. Show me how that doesn't work here. Also, I'm teaching the ideas. That's a lot better than memorizing a very specific position and line you will likely never see again in your life. If you understand the ideas you can always play against this type of position. Memorizing specific positions without understanding them isn't going to help you 99% of the time.  
  > **username_4**: I think we have a misunderstanding here. The point was not about memorization versus understanding. The point was that the "occupy the promotion square with your queen, then approach with your king" idea just doesn't work here (assuming best play from your opponent), so you have to use the "repeatedly force their king to the promotion square to gain moves for your king" one.  
  > **username_3**: And what I said before was if that's what you think then show me the line. Maybe you misunderstood that.  
  
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