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Müller & Lamprecht, diagram 9.12A
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White to play wins; Black to play draws
The queen and pawn versus queen endgame is a chess endgame in which both sides have a queen and one side has a pawn, which one tries to promote. It is very complicated and difficult to play. Cross-checks are often used as a device to win the game by forcing the exchange of queens. It is almost always a draw if the defending king is in front of the pawn.[1]
Karsten Müller and Frank Lamprecht say that this endgame occurs quite frequently but Mark Dvoretsky says that it occurs quite seldom.[2][3] This is the second most common "piece and pawn versus piece" endgame, next to the rook and pawn versus rook endgame.[4]
- ^ Nunn 2007, p. 148
- ^ Müller & Lamprecht 2001, p. 316
- ^ Dvoretsky 2006, p. 250
- ^ Nunn 2007, p. 148