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In the next diagram, the Black King stops the Pawn, but the White King aids it. Will the Pawn now advance? Far from it! I The King will first gain room for the Pawn by _Zugzwang_ and therefore use the Opposition.

White to move wins by

K-Q5 K-K2
K-B6 ...

Thus the White King has gained the power over Q7, a point over which the Pawn will have to march

2 ... K-Q1
K-Q6 K-B1
K-K7 ...

Now the white King also guards Q8. No matter what Black may do, the Pawn will safely advance to Q5, Q6, Q7 and Queen on Q8.