[Event "Chess Artistry Adventure"] [White "Arpad,Rusz"] [Black ""] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "rusz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2022.??.??"] [PlyCount "29"] [Setup "1"] [FEN "8/3k4/8/4K3/8/8/1p4q1/1Q6 w - - 0 1"] {Despite being blocked, the pawn is extremely dangerous. Black has a simple winning plan: bring the queen to c1 after finding a safe square for the black king (e.g. b8). This forces white to take immediate action by trying to give a perpetual check.} 1. Qf5+ (1. Qd3+ $2 Ke8 2. Qb5+ Kf8 3. Qb4+ Kg8 4. Qc4+ Kg7 5. Qc7+ Kh6 6. Qb6+ Qg6 $1 7. Qxb2 Qg7+ $19 )Kc6 2. Qe6+ Kc5 3. Qd6+ Kc4 4. Qd4+ Kb3 5. Qd3+ Ka2 6. Qc4+ Kb1 $1 {The black pawn is blocked again. The white queen is in an optimal position, so let's move the king!} (6... Ka1 7. Qa4+ Kb1 8. Qd1+ Ka2 9. Qa4+ {perpetual check} )7. Kf6 $1 ({One more check would be a mistake.} 7. Qd3+ $2 Kc1 8. Qc4+ Kd1 9. Qd3+ Qd2 10. Qb1+ Ke2 11. Qe4+ Qe3 $19 {White loses due to the unfortunate position of its king.} )Qf2+ (7... Qc2 8. Qf1+ Ka2 9. Qa6+ Kb1 10. Qf1+ {perpetual check} )8. Kg7 $1 Qa7+ {In order to try to free its king, the black queen has to take control of the a-file.} 9. Kh8 $3 {That is the only safe square!} (9. Kg6 $2 Ka1 10. Qc3 Qa6+ {The 6th rank is bad for the white king because of this check.} 11. Kg7 Ka2 $19 )(9. Kg8 $2 Qa2 $19 )(9. Kf8 $2 Ka1 10. Qc3 Qa6 11. Qd4 Ka2 12. Qd5+ Ka3 13. Qc5+ Kb3 14. Qd5+ Qc4 15. Qb7+ Qb4+ $19 {This variation would be draw by wk on h8.} )Ka1 10. Qc3 Ka2 11. Qc4+ Ka1 12. Qc3 Qa6 13. Qd4 ({minor dual} 13. Qe5 )Ka2 14. Qd5+ Ka1 15. Qd4 1/2-1/2