White to Play and Win

[frank jacinth]

Credit to visualdennis.

Checkmate in 33 moves (thats how much I needed to do it, maybe you can find a faster one

[ornate laurel]

oh yeah, this puzzle. very good.

[left thunder]

Ват?

[nimble remnant]

Death

[atomic thicket]

||black can only move his donkey so just walk the king over to f8||

||first go to c1 and then move bishop to a2 and then move king to a1 and then bishop back to b1||

||then go up with king, move bishop to a8, knight to d1, B6b7, then King to a7, bishop back to a6, move donkey back to a5, then Ba8-b7, Ka8, Ba7, Kb8, Ba8, Bcb7 and then king walks over||

Istg that was so long I fcked something up when typing it coz I’m in phone

Yeah I did lemme just fix that

Now to see if it’s 33 moves

It is 33

[ornate laurel]

It’s mate in 31. ||You can save two moves by playing Kb7 Kb8 instead of Bb7 Ka8 Kb8 Ba8||.

[swift hearth]

oh yea