White to Play and Win (again)

FWIW, Grumpy has just finished downloading the necessary 7.61Gb and 1.34Gb tablebases and wants everyone to know it's mate in 16.

Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/8/1q6/2Q5/8/8/p7/k3B1K1 w - - 0 1[/fen]

Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
FWIW, Grumpy has just finished downloading the necessary 7.61Gb and 1.34Gb tablebases and wants everyone to know it's mate in 16.

Originally posted by Bowmann
That's 895MB and 168MB.

Originally posted by ThudanBlunder
Not according to http://kd.lab.nig.ac.jp/chess/tablebases-online/

Originally posted by Bowmann
B = 8b.

Queeny c1+, only one move left, defend with qb1, reply Bc3 - Ohh La La

Originally posted by olddog
Queeny c1+, only one move left, defend with qb1, reply Bc3 - Ohh La La

Originally posted by Bowmann
Illegal moves are...

...well, illegal.

Originally posted by hypothetical
What's illegal about his moves. Unless the board is flipped. which would make the "legal" moves 1. Qf8+ Qg8 2. Bf6#

Right?

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Wrong.

Originally posted by hypothetical
then correct my mistake(s). What am i not seeing?

Originally posted by BigDoggProblem
Look at the whole board.

Originally posted by Bowmann
[fen]8/8/1q6/2Q5/8/8/p7/k3B1K1[/fen]