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Train/Queen and Pawn versus Queen: The Reference Win

Queen and Pawn versus Queen: The Reference Win

A knight pawn on the sixth, both queens on the board, and the black king exiled on a4. This is the reference position of the ending: the pawn does get through, but only if you avoid the moves that hang the queen and the moves that go passive.

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