Is queen vs knight a draw?

The opponent resigned, but in fact it is a draw. So be careful when dealing with knighs, a fork is always looming. Assuming the side with the Q is not about to lose the queen immediately, the side with the knight loses.
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Is queen vs queen a draw?

Depends on the positioning of both your queen and king. If your king is near your queen where it can find protection it will end in a draw. Depends if there are any skewers or checkmate threats basically. According to Fundamental Chess Endings the side to move first wins 41% of the time.
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Is queen vs rook and knight a draw?

Queen versus a rook and a minor piece: this is usually a draw (Müller & Lamprecht 2001:402). The queen has good winning chances if the king and rook are near one edge and the minor piece is near the opposite edge. In the case of the knight, the queen can trap it on the edge; then the king assists in winning it.
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Is king and knight vs king and knight a draw?

According to USCF rule 14E2, if your opponent has only a king and knight (and no forced mate) and you run out of time, the game is drawn.
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Can you win with knight and queen?

Queen and Knight - The Supportive Knight

A King and a Knight alone cannot Checkmate the enemy King, for you need to be able to check the enemy King when he is in the corner of the board and cover the three possible escape squares. However, if you added a Queen…well then you can “checkmate” the enemy King.
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How to win Queen versus Knight ending (endgames for starting players)



What's the most powerful piece in chess?

In terms of raw power, the queen is the most powerful piece on the chessboard and one of the most iconic pieces in any board game, combining the moves of the rook and the bishop in one piece. In terms of material, it's the most valuable piece in the game of chess (apart from the king, of course).
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Is king and queen vs king and queen a draw?

Unless there is some forced sequence that leads to mate or either side losing the queen, King+Queen vs King+Queen will be an easy draw with correct play.
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Is knight vs knight a draw?

"The game is drawn when a position has arisen in which neither player can checkmate the opponent's king with any series of legal moves. The game is said to end in a 'dead position'.
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Is knight king a draw?

The game ends in a draw by insufficient material. Stalemate may be possible, but the player with the bare K will have to help. But this is still a draw.
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Why is 2 knights vs king a draw?

Checkmate possibilities. In general, two knights cannot force checkmate, but they can force stalemate. Three knights can force checkmate, even if the defending king also has a knight or a bishop. Edmar Mednis stated that this inability to force checkmate is "one of the great injustices of chess."
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Is bishop vs knight endgame a draw?

Bishop endgames aren't always a draw, but they can be difficult to win.
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Is bishop vs knight a draw?

It is a forced draw, but just like a forced win, you dont necessarily have to force it. Yes, white would have to be crazy to play Nh7, but the point is that King+Bishop is enough to technically mate against King+Knight, and that this material distribution is therefore not an automatic draw (unlike King+Bishop vs King).
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Is two rooks worth a queen?

As a general rule, two rooks are better than one queen. We usually assimilate the queen to nine pawns, while the pair of rooks is worth ten.
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Is queen and pawn vs queen winning?

It is very easy to combine the pawn advance and escaping from queen checks. Theoretically I doubt one can say that Q+P generally wins against Q as there are way too many exceptions.
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Can you win queen vs queen endgame?

Queen vs Queen. Endgames where both sides have only a queen and pawns can be laborious to win, because progress can often be halted by a long series of checks by the opponent.
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Who's the queen the end game?

Morena Baccarin's character (Elena Federova) is referred to as "The Queen" just as is her character (Anna) on V (2009).
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Is two knights automatic draw?

The FIDE rule specifies that the game is drawn only when there is no possible mate, and so would not include two knights vs a king as an automatic draw, since it is technically possible to checkmate the king if the king 'helps' you by making specific moves to allow the checkmate.
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Is rook and knight vs rook a draw?

Rook and a knight versus a rook: This is usually a simple draw with few winning positions. The winning positions require the defending king to be badly placed near a corner; this can not be forced in general.
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Is bishop and king a draw?

Are there any possible moves to checkmate a Black opponent if we have a White bishop and king? No, and most (if not all) online chess sites will end the game with at result as a draw at this point.
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Is rook vs pawn a draw?

Knight pawn – rook behind

Ra8 leads to a draw. It's best to move the king in. The main idea of many of these scenarios is to bring the rook behind the pawn when the pawn cannot move forward.
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Is rook better than knight?

The rook is useless in the opening while, the knight can be used in the opening, middle, and endgame effectively. The rook is stronger because it can controls a whole file and/or rank. The knight can sometimes control squares that are "unnecessary," (not that the rook can't but the rook gets more squares to control).
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Can you win with just a knight?

Can you win chess with just a knight? You cannot win a game of chess with just a knight because one knight alone cannot block all the king's escape routes and checkmate him. If there are other pieces on the board that restrict the king's movement, then a checkmate, and therefore a win, is possible with just the knight.
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What's a draw by stalemate in chess?

Stalemate is a kind of draw that happens when one side has NO legal moves to make. If the king is NOT in check, but no piece can be moved without putting the king in check, then the game will end with a stalemate draw! Here's an example of the most simple stalemate: If it's black's turn to move, the game is over!
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