This ending shows a knight holding up a pawn single-handed, literally on the doorstep of promotion. White to move, and White saves the game: although Black's pawn on c2 is one step from c1, the knight gets back in time - a draw (per the tablebases).
White has the king on h2 and the knight on f4, far from the action; Black has the king on c1 and the pawn on c2. With a manoeuvre (via d3 or e2) the knight either attacks the pawn or takes control of the queening square c1 and keeps it out.
The lesson is simple: the knight is a good blockader, and even from a distance it often gets to a passed pawn in time. Its hardest case is a rook's pawn on the very edge, where there are not enough squares to manoeuvre.
Drag a piece onto the board, or click a piece and then click the squares. The cross beside the pieces sweeps every piece of that colour off the board, and a single piece can be dragged off the edge.
The pieces will be arranged into the chosen pattern.
It is the mating side to move. Find mate in one.
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