user11002: I am only used to check-in-n type of puzzle, so I am quite lost when my friend challenge me to this endgame position. EDIT: figured out how to do the chess board (note: the board seemed to be flipped, the black pawn should be close to queening)
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Can Black win?
Black move first.
[fen "8/7Q/7K/8/8/kp6/qp6/8 b - - 0 1"]

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It seemed very obviously that black should win, with an advantage of 2 nearly queening pawns. Yet the way the question is asked make me think otherwise.

user10182: According to the Nalimov Endgame Tablebase: http://www.k4it.de/?topic=egtb&lang=en this position is a win in 40 moves for black, if black promotes for a knight to block the upcoming avalanche of checks.
However if black promotes for a queen it's a draw.

11002: <p>I am only used to check-in-n type of puzzle, so I am quite lost when my friend challenge me to this endgame position. EDIT: figured out how to do the chess board (note: the board seemed to be flipped, the black pawn should be close to queening)</p>

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<p>Can Black win?
Black move first.</p>

<pre><code>[fen "8/7Q/7K/8/8/kp6/qp6/8 b - - 0 1"]
</code></pre>

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<p>It seemed very obviously that black should win, with an advantage of 2 nearly queening pawns. Yet the way the question is asked make me think otherwise.</p>
 10182: <p>According to the Nalimov Endgame Tablebase: <a href="http://www.k4it.de/?topic=egtb&amp;lang=en">http://www.k4it.de/?topic=egtb&amp;lang=en</a> this position is a win in 40 moves for black, if black promotes for a knight to block the upcoming avalanche of checks.
However if black promotes for a queen it's a draw.</p>
