White's position looks hopeless but there's still a chance to pick up the half point with an amazing swindle that has to be seen to be believed (and even then, you'll probably still have doubts).

Grey matter required; impervious to silicon without 6-man TB's.  See the Move List if you have any questions. 

very nice.

you were right. i couldn't solve it.

I would think that a chess engine that could draw from 6-men tablebases should be able to solve this, no?

 

Nevertheless fantastic problem, too much for me. 

I didn't get it. I was close though. Endgame puzzles are the best. They're just really hard :S

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Probably.  I hadn't considered that option but I've edited the OP.

The problem may be impervious to silicon, but your SoCal residence leads me to suspect that you may be far from impervious to silicone.  ;)

I didn't solve it, okay?

But the grey matter was good for the first three moves, and I enjoyed watching the computer complete the Madoff.  Christ, it'll be decades before I can pull off something like that.

Hmm.  I'm often the Poor Bastardette.  Perhaps I've encountered my kindred spirit.  :-P

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White would like to promote his pawn as well.  :)

Well I had an idea of it, I knew about the endgames with a bishop pawn on the 7th vs a lone queen, but with all the other pieces in play I wasn't to sure it would still apply.

Didn't have to see it through the end but basic endgame techniques tell you that c/f pawns are the only pawns that have a chance to draw in a queen/king v. King endgame.  So c6, c7, should definitely be the plan...

 

Knowing me I probrably would have resigned lol.

I solved it! :D If it matters, it was by method of trying each possible move for each piece on each move . . . ;D

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I passed it i just moved every possible move for each peice!

Solving it is getting it right first move.

I still can't make any progress on Donkey Kong.  It's infuriating.  And re: this endgame, does dropping the knight make the difference?  Because it looks much the same after to me as it did before.   (Gonna try Ms. Pacman now.)

Where did you get this puzzle from btw? I don't agree with blacks moves but Ill keep looking .

why the queen couldnt captured the knight on b2? i dont think its a draw?

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I was googling information on a famous endgame study and stumbled across a german language chess blog with a number of really interesting puzzles/games.  Here's the link if you're interested:

http://glareanverlag.wordpress.com/category/der-brillante-schachzug/

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See the Move List to see what happens if the knight is captured.  Once white advances the pawn to c7 and dominates the black knight by moving his bishop to e5, the game is effectively dead with good technique. 

If I was black, I'd be in a serious state of denial but eventually, after much flailing about, reality would sink in -- forward progress is impossible.

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 i agree.  how would white respond??!!! someone explain plz.

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1. c6!! c1=Q 2.c7 Qxb2 3.Be5 Qb4 (3...Qxe5 4.Kb7 Qb5+ 5.Ka7 Qc6 6.Kb8 Qb6+ 7.Ka8 Qxc7) 4.Kd8 Qf8+ 5.Kd7 Qf5+ 6.Kd8 etc.  Dead draw.  If you can prove otherwise, you'll be famous.

You have to keep in mind that there are many different moves that black can make but they all lead to the same dead-end.  As I mentioned previously, once white gets the pawn to c7 and dominates the knight by moving the bishop to e5, the game is over.  There's nothing that black can do to dislodge the king out of the corner -- even if black captures the knight and eventually the bishop.  The corner square is white's salvation -- if black captures the c-pawn when the white king is in the corner, it's a stalemate which effectively makes the c-pawn untouchable.  First-class larceny.