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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. Sorry I do not knowEDIT: figured out how to produce a chessboard here, so I will just writedo the positionchess 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.

White:

K h6

Q h7

Black:

K a3

Q a2

b3

b2

[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.

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. Sorry I do not know how to produce a chessboard here, so I will just write the position:

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Can Black win? Black move first.

White:

K h6

Q h7

Black:

K a3

Q a2

b3

b2

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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.

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.

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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. Sorry I do not know how to produce a chessboard here, so I will just write the position:

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Can Black win? Black move first.

White:

K h6

Q h7

Black:

K a3

Q a2

b3

b2

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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.