Hi, here's a position from a game I recently finished. I was suprised when black resigned on the verge of queening, I guess this is because black won't be able to mate me before I queen? Any analysis of this position would be welcome, as my endgame is not as strong as I would like it to be.

After my inability to solve one of my own endgames where my opponent resigned early, I'm hesitant to make a fool of myself here, but it seems premature to me. With black to move, one line which prevents you from queening is:

1. ... a1=Q+ 2. Kh2 Qh1+ 3. Kg3 Qg2+ 4. K(any) Qxg7 5. hxg7 Kxg7 and it's looking like it's at least drawish. I need to go back to a board and look for something better, but even the above line seems better than resigning in the diagrammed position.

Not sure.... looks like a win for black to me:

Not sure.... looks like a win for black to me:

Looks good to me, too. (I shouldn't be trying to solve chess positions at 5:00 a.m.)

Even if there was a problem in that Qh1+ line (which I don't think there is), why would Black not just play a1=Q+ Kh2 Qa8?  If White promotes, Qxg8 ends the discussion -- White is left down a piece, with no way to stop the b-pawn.  If he doesn't, Be4 next move should do the trick.

I'm wondering if Black just overlooked that he queens with check?  Something doesn't add up here.

It's probably something simple...like Black resigned because he was late for work.