Queen vs. Queen

I am about to get into an end game (I suspect) where we both queen a pawn. Him first, but not with check. There will be only 1 Queen and a King left for each of us.

Is this a draw? What is the strategy to win?

Depends on the positioning of both your queen and king. If your king is near your queen where it can find protection it will end in a draw.

Depends if there are any skewers or checkmate threats basically. According to Fundamental Chess Endings the side to move first wins 41% of the time.

no asking for help in ongoing games joe

Agree. And as I have said depends on the positioning of both.

This is fine, it's about theory on a general endgame not a specific position in his games.

Thanks for all the comments. Interesting and helpful, and ethically provcative.

I get the no asking for specific help during a game. I,sort of, consider ALL on-line chess a bit of a training exercise. With the "crutches" "Explore"and "Analyze" readily available, it is easy to take an additional help and research positions.

I hope that the crutches available in on-line chess will broaden my learning and vision, so that my timed games will improve. It concerns me that I will be able not depend on the "crutches". 

basically, as long as there are no skewers or anything that winn win the queen or mate next move, and he can force you to go into one of those positions via zugswang, it should be a draw unless one of you makes a mistake

Just offer a draw and be done with it.