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Chicken_io

can you solve this problem

CraigIreland

White can force Black to play Ka1 followed by a2, smothering the King, then mate on the diagonal.

Chicken_io

Even I don't know how to solve it sad.png

slither-io

It's Black's game. If it's a white to move - White's all bishops are literally useless at this point, given that the Black's promoting square is White and Black king is also in white when all the bishops are black. It's a cake walk for Black getting queen back. Once Queen is on the board, you know what happens. So it's a Black's game.

Chicken_io

That is why i called it ''The impossible puzzle"

drdos7

It's a mate in 9, and by the way it's White to move:

 
and there is more than one solution, as more than one different first moves lead to mate in 9.