Editing Chess endgame (section)

===Knight and pawn endings===
'''[[knight (chess)|Knight]] and pawn endgames''' feature clever manoeuvring by the knights to capture opponent pawns. While a knight is poor at chasing a passed pawn, it is the ideal piece to block a passed pawn. Knights cannot lose a [[tempo (chess)|tempo]], so knight and pawn endgames have much in common with king and pawn endgames. As a result, [[Mikhail Botvinnik]] stated, “A knight ending is really a pawn ending.”<ref>{{Harvcol|Beliavsky|Mikhalchishin|2003|p=139}}</ref>

====Knight and pawn versus knight====
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|White to play wins; Black to play draws.
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This is generally a draw since the knight can be sacrificed for the pawn, however, the king and knight must be covering squares in the pawn's path. If the pawn reaches the seventh rank and is supported by its king and knight, it usually [[promotion (chess)|promotes]] and wins. In this position, White to move wins: '''1. b6 Nb7! 2. Ne6! Na5 3. Kc8! N-any 4. Nc7#'''. If Black plays the knight to any other square on move 2, White plays Kc8 anyway, threatening b7+ and promotion if the knight leaves the defense of the b7 square. Black to move draws starting with '''1... Nc4''' because White cannot gain a [[tempo (chess)|tempo]].<ref>{{Harvcol|Fine|Benko|2003|pp=112–14}}</ref>
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