{"id":1401,"date":"2022-05-17T18:04:41","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2022-06-09T21:14:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:14:10","slug":"can-a-pawn-take-a-king-in-chess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chessily.com\/questions\/can-a-pawn-take-a-king-in-chess\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Pawn Take a King in Chess?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Can a Pawn Take a King in Chess?<\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;re new to the game of chess, you might ask yourself whether it is possible for a <a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/pawn\/\">pawn<\/a> to kill (or take) a <a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/king\/\">king<\/a>. The answer depends on your definition of the term taking (or killing).\u00a0 So let&#8217;s do a deep-dive on whether a pawn can kill a king in chess!<\/p>\n<h1>Can a Pawn Capture a King in Chess?<\/h1>\n<p>First of all, we need to answer the question of whether the king could even be captured at all. The answer is very clear: no! The king can only be attacked (i.e. checked) and thus checkmated. There is no way for any piece to completely remove the king from the <a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/chess-board-setup\/\">chess board<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In turn, it is not possible for the pawn to take the king in chess!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Why Can&#8217;t The King Be Captured by a Pawn?<\/h1>\n<p>As we learned, it is not possible for a pawn to capture a king. But why is that?<\/p>\n<p>Well, the king is a bit of a special piece in chess. The main goal of chess to checkmate the enemy king. A checkmate is a condition in which is the king is attacked directly, and has no legal moves left to make. A direct attack on the king (also known as checking the king) requires immediate defending, either by<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Capturing the attacking piece,<\/li>\n<li>Moving the king out of check, or<\/li>\n<li>Blocking the attack with a piece.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So, once a king is attacked, the check needs to be defended immediately, which is why it is not even possible for a pawn to capture a king. If the attacked king is not defendable, the game ends in a checkmate, also making it impossible for the king to be taken.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">If, however, your definition of &#8220;killing&#8221; the king is to checkmate him, the answer to our question looks different. Let&#8217;s investigate further.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1>Can a Pawn Checkmate a King in Chess?<\/h1>\n<p>Now that we&#8217;ve established that a <strong>pawn cannot take the king<\/strong>, you might ask yourself whether a pawn can checkmate a king in chess. The answer to that; yes, with some help! In fact, the only piece that cannot deliver a checkmate is the king itself.<\/p>\n<p>A pawn on its own is not enough to checkmate an enemy king. Thus, it is also impossible to force a checkmate with only a king and the pawn itself. That said, there are two different possibilities for checkmating a king with a pawn:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Pawn promotion:\u00a0<\/strong>A pawn can promote itself into another piece, which can then deliver a checkmate.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Checkmating with the help of other pieces:\u00a0<\/strong>While a pawn on its own is not enough to checkmate a king, it is possible for a pawn to deliver a checkmate with the help of other people.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at both possibilities in detail next.<\/p>\n<h1>Three Ways a Pawn End a Chess Game<\/h1>\n<p>There are a few possibilities as to how a pawn can end a game of chess. We&#8217;ll investigate and explain three of them.<\/p>\n<h2>Checkmating with a Pawn<\/h2>\n<p>As we learned, the pawn is actually capable of checkmating an enemy king with some help from its own pieces. Here is an example of a pawn checkmating and killing the black king:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1495\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1495 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-capture-a-king-checkmating-with-a-pawn-.png\" alt=\"can a pawn capture a king - checkmating with a pawn\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-capture-a-king-checkmating-with-a-pawn-.png 780w, https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-capture-a-king-checkmating-with-a-pawn--300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-capture-a-king-checkmating-with-a-pawn--150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-capture-a-king-checkmating-with-a-pawn--768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Checkmating and Killing a King With a Pawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While knight and king control all the squares around the black king, the g-pawn delivers the final blow: a check on g7. Since the black king has no squares to escape to, he is checkmated and the game is lost for Black.<\/p>\n<h2>Checkmating Through Pawn Promotion<\/h2>\n<p>As you probably know, the pawn has a special move it can perform, when reaching the other side of the board: <a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/pawn-promotion\/\">pawn promotion<\/a>. In case you don&#8217;t want to read up on the full details, here is a quick summary for you.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever a pawn reaches the other side of the board, it is immediately exchanged for either a <a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/queen\/\">queen<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/rook\/\">rook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/bishop\/\">bishop<\/a>, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/learn-chess\/knight\/\">knight<\/a> of the same color. While you can choose which piece the pawn gets promoted to, it is not allowed to stay on the board as a pawn. Usually, the best choice is to exchange the pawn for a queen.<\/p>\n<p>So, with that knowledge, let&#8217;s look at how a checkmate by pawn promotion could look like:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1493\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-take-a-king-checkmate-through-promotion.gif\" alt=\"can a pawn take a king - checkmate through promotion\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Checkmating a King With a Promoting Pawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The c-pawn advances to the enemy back rank, thus allowing a pawn promotion. White chooses to queen his pawn on the c8 square, instantly checking the black king. Since the black king has no legal moves left, he is officially checkmated.<\/p>\n<h2>Stalemate<\/h2>\n<p>Finally, there is a third way a pawn can end a chess game. However, this time it is not a checkmate, but rather a stalemate. Stalemates often happen in king-pawn-endgames, as their outcome depends on the position of the enemy king when going into the endgame. Those types of endgames are usually easily converted into a win, or are clearly drawn. If the black king has time to place itself in front of the white pawn, the game will almost certainly end in a stalemate, if a draw is not agreed upon before:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1494\" style=\"width: 770px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-kill-a-king-stalemate.png\" alt=\"can a pawn kill a king - stalemate\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-kill-a-king-stalemate.png 780w, https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-kill-a-king-stalemate-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-kill-a-king-stalemate-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/chessily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/can-a-pawn-kill-a-king-stalemate-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stalemate in a King-Pawn-Endgame<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The black king has no legal squares left, yet is not directly attacked (i. e. in check). 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