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Find the only move for white that's not losing
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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2026
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If you move your king away to the corner, then black either has to leave their queen unprotected, or take yours and accept a stalemate (best move for black).
Quite a tricky one. I got so tunnel visioned on trying to block the pawns, but ultimately realised it was futile.
You mean away from the corner, right? kF1
No, kh1
But Qxf2
Look at Kf1, black has to back the king off. Queen capture is unavoidable
Yeah, but Qxf2 is stalemate, hence you don't lose
But that won't work either. Black will find an opportunity to either swap the queens without a stalemate or get one of their pawns through.
Their queen is pinned to the king, so they either: move the king away and give you the queen, move the queen towards your queen and give away their queen, or take your queen and force stalemate. There are no other legal options.
Oh. Right. Sneaky little bugger.