The Impossible Question

Okay, I found it. The position is a slightly altered version of a study by the 20th century Czech composer Josef Hasek (or Hašek, I have not been able to figure out the correct spelling of this name). In the study linked below I give a commented solution of @ChessAddicted_010's question and the original study without variations, the play is the same.

https://lichess.org/study/Mp1XQDG3/

@zwenna said in #11:

Okay, I found it. The position is a slightly altered version of a study by the 20th century Czech composer Josef Hasek (or Hašek, I have not been able to figure out the correct spelling of this name). In the study linked below I give a commented solution of @ChessAddicted_010's question and the original study without variations, the play is the same.

lichess.org/study/Mp1XQDG3/

Thank you so much.

@zwenna said in #11:

Okay, I found it. The position is a slightly altered version of a study by the 20th century Czech composer Josef Hasek (or Hašek, I have not been able to figure out the correct spelling of this name). In the study linked below I give a commented solution of @ChessAddicted_010's question and the original study without variations, the play is the same.

lichess.org/study/Mp1XQDG3/

But What happens if the queen comes to Kf8 on the 3rd move?

@ChessAddicted_010 said in #13:

But What happens if the queen comes to Kf8 on the 3rd move?

It took me a while to parse this question, the very legitimate objection is that with the king on e2 White cannot play Qxb5 because Black recaptures with check. Which looks like a serious flaw both in my analysis and the original study.

"with the king on e2 White cannot play Qxb5"

• So the king goes via e1.

@tpr said in #15:

"with the king on e2 White cannot play Qxb5"

• So the king goes via e1.

Tried that, it does not work either because after 3. Ke1 Kf8 4. Qxb5 Bxb5 5. c6 Bxd4 Black stops the pawns and wins.

I don't get where here is stalemate, while after taking black bishop there is second bishop wich they may move, besides king may move too

we also may sac queen on b5 to promote pawns, if being that pervert not to see that there is no stalemate

@aVague The black king is heading for d7, then the c6-bishop cannot move anymore and if the white queen enters the 8th rank, it is stalemate. Sacrificing the queen on b5 is also drawn then.

@zwenna said in #19:

@aVague The black king is heading for d7, then the c6-bishop cannot move anymore and if the white queen enters the 8th rank, it is stalemate.
then we may sack queen on b5 and then take black dark bishop and then play to promote pawn