White played Ke6! The king moved from e7 to e6. Position: - Black: Qc7, Ra8, Na4, Kg4, pawns a7, b7, b6, g7 - White: Ke6 The king is on e6. The queen is on c7. The g7 pawn is still there. Let me think about delivering checkmate. The king on e6. The queen on c7. Qc6+? c7 to c6: 1 rank. Qc6+ is check. c6-d6-e6. d6 empty. Qc6+ is check. c6 attacked by Ke6? e6 to c6: 2 files, same rank. Not king move. Safe. After Qc6+, king escape: - d5, d6, d7, e5, e7, f5, f6, f7. Many. Hmm, this is going in circles. Let me think about a different approach. What if I use the rook and queen to deliver a back rank mate? After some setup, the king could be forced to the 8th rank. Then Rd8# or similar. But the king is currently on e6. It would take many moves to force it to the 8th rank. Let me think about a smothered mate. The king on e6. The g7 pawn. If the king goes to g7 (Kxg7), then I can play Rd8+ or similar. But the king can also just stay on e6 or go elsewhere. Actually, let me think about a specific sequence. The king on e6. The g7 pawn. If I play Qc6+ Kf5 (or Kd5), then I can play Qd5+ or similar. Let me try: Qc6+ Kd5. Then Qd6+? c6 to d6: 1 file, same rank. Qd6. d6 to d5: same file, 1 rank. Qd6+ is check. d6 attacked by Kd5? d5 to d6: same file, 1 rank. King move. Kxd6 captures. So Qd6+ Kxd6, queen lost. What about Qb5+? c6 to b5: 1 file, 1 rank. Qb5. b5 to d5: 2 files, same rank. Qb5 attacks d5. Qb5+ is check. b5 attacked by Kd5? d5 to b5: 2 files, same rank. Not king move. Safe. After Qb5+ Kd5 (or other), I continue. But this is not forcing mate. Let me think about a different approach. What if I push the b6 pawn? b5: b6 to b5. b5 empty. b5 attacked by? a4 (own knight), c4 (empty), a6 (empty), c6 (empty). So b5 is safe. After b5, the pawn is on b5. Then b4, b3, etc. But the pawn promotion is far away. And the White king can chase it. Let me just play a checking move. Qc6+ is a safe check. Wait, actually, I realize the king on e6 is right next to my g7 pawn. The king attacks g7? e6 to g7: 2 files, 1 rank. Not king move. So the king doesn't attack g7. But the king attacks e7 (1 file, 1 rank). So the king can go to e7. Let me think about a net. The Black pieces: - Qc7 (close to king) - Kg4 (far) - Na4 (far) - Ra8 (far) The Black pieces are mostly far. The queen is the only piece that can give check effectively. Let me play Qc6+ and see what the king does. Then I'll continue.