why can"t we take this pawn?

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Ohmycoffejelly

So i was watching Gothamchess's video on how to end game with queen vs pawn and he said in the video that we can not take this pawn and i don't know why cuz i'm a noob so yeah pls tell me why and sorry for my bad english thank you

Aron_08

You can't take the pawn on f2 with your queen because then it's a draw by stalemate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalemate 

Ohmycoffejelly

thank you 

Aron_08

Welcome!

ChesswithGautham
Stalemate is important to remember in the endgame when your winning the endgame

Cauchy_Schwarz_Chess
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Ohmycoffejelly
Cauchy_Schwarz_Chess wrote:
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hi

Mandy82

It will be stalemate

Blackhole_Chess

stalemate

veryrabbit

I don't think there is a forced way to win this for white once this position occurred. You can take the pawn and draw it since it is already a draw.

yeshdvd

Due to stalemate