How about:
Start with Qb7 / Kg2 / Kh3 then bring the King in to support a Queen mate? If necessary, you can allow the Pawn to Queen on the last move before mate.
How about:
Start with Qb7 / Kg2 / Kh3 then bring the King in to support a Queen mate? If necessary, you can allow the Pawn to Queen on the last move before mate.
The idea is to bring the queen to assist in covering the a1-h8 diagonal while allowing the White king to run via either Kh3 or Kf1. We make use of the fact that the bishop is unable to control the light squares to move our king along the light squares.
Just make sure not to interpose the queen with the king by accident.
This is an easy win. Put your queen on a square that it controls the queening square from and advance your king on the light squares, taking advantage of the fact that the bishop only controls the light squares. Obviously if the defending king is right next to the rook pawn then it is probably almost always a draw
I tried playing it doing all the top engine moves, and it ended in a draw by repitition. Maybe this is one of those positions the engine is bad at anylysing?
After 1.Qh7 (as in #4) my Stockfish takes a couple of minutes to find a mate--in 51. Thegreatchessplayer laid out the basic method. The queen controls the queening square, so the king can march up the board to help mate black. Black's king is confined to the back row, which makes mating easier. The bishop has to stay on the diagonal to protect the h-pawn, which reduces it's mobility. It's not a quick process, but it's a sure one
engine says more than +6 but how to win ?
Actually can it be won if black doesn't blunder?