The Impossible Question

Hi friends. I am going to show you the Impossible Question. Can you help me? The white is winning.

It is in here.

Looks very difficult, and Stockfish 16 is of little help here. I guess somehow White has to transfer the queen to the a-file without capturing the dark-squared bishop, otherwise the possible stalemate saves Black.

No idea currently, sorry.

I think white isn't winning but the computer think white is winning

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@zwenna said in #2:

Looks very difficult, and Stockfish 16 is of little help here. I guess somehow White has to transfer the queen to the a-file without capturing the dark-squared bishop, otherwise the possible stalemate saves Black.

No idea currently, sorry.

Yes. Thank you anyway.

@fallboss007 said in #3:

I think white isn't winning but the computer think white is winning

Right.

So it is impossible indeed?

@tpr said in #7:

So it is impossible indeed?
My teacher said it was made in the 1900s. My teacher also saw the question on Youtube. When I searched for the world's hardest chess questions, it came up. But I couldn't find it unfortunately. If you find it, please let me know.

Are you sure of the position? A minor change might make a huge difference.

@tpr said in #9:

Are you sure of the position? A minor change might make a huge difference.

I'm 100% sure I looked at the screenshot.