Editing Chess endgame (section)

===Queen and pawn endings===
In '''[[queen (chess)|queen]] and pawn endings''', [[passed pawns]] have paramount importance, because the queen can escort it to the queening square alone. The advancement of the passed pawn outweighs the number of pawns. The defender must resort to [[perpetual check]]. These endings are frequently extremely long affairs. For an example of a queen and pawn endgame see [[Kasparov versus the World]] – Kasparov won although he had fewer pawns because his was more advanced. For the ending with a queen versus a pawn, see [[Queen versus pawn endgame]].

====Queen and pawn versus queen====
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|White to play wins; Black to play draws.
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The queen and pawn versus queen endgame is the second most common of the "piece and pawn versus piece" endgames, after [[rook and pawn versus rook endgame|rook and pawn versus rook]]. It is very complicated and difficult to play. Human analysts were not able to make a complete analysis before the advent of [[endgame tablebase]]s.<ref>{{Harvcol|Nunn|2007|p=148}}</ref> This combination is a win less frequently than the equivalent ending with rooks.
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