King vs. Knight and pawn

can a King force a draw against a knight and a pawn? Not a current game.

well since K v P is already close to won for the P, i would've thouht that adding a N would make it always won

Unless of course the P is under attack and there's nothing to defend it

Generally it is very easy to win with the Knight no matter what, because you can just cover the promoting square with the Knight and walk the pawn through. Unless the pawn is isolated from protection, then it can become quite tricky and the Rex Solus might come out winning the pawn...

A diagram says more than a thousand words... for example:



1. Nd4 Kb8 [or 1. ... Ka7 2. Nb5+ ~ 3. Kb6 ~ 4. Nc7] 2. Kb6 Ka8 3. Nb5 Kb8 4. a7+ Ka8 5. Nc7#