Chess thread, what the shit edition

Chess thread, what the shit edition.

White to move and win.

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Nd4 so the passed pawn on the a file can freely queen?

Black is not obliged to take the knight, you know.

he practically is, he cant move any closer to the pawn on so it can still queen freely, you know

I'm shit at chess, but this comment made me realize, Nb4 means black either captures the knight allowing free passage or black moves to a position closer to the pawn and knight defends its next square.

No it can't, black can always pick it up. Not the point, really. You can't go Nd4 Bh8 a6 or something.

no it cant pick it up, Nd4 forces the black king out of the pawns capture box, checking the king on a6 if it pursues and forces it onto b6, from there mate is easy, and his bishop is blocked both by the pawn on f6 and the king on c5, so cant get to d4 to capture the knight and protect against the queening of the pawn on a

Nigga give me a full line

shit Im sorry I see what you mean, a6 is just met by b6 and white gains nothing, I guess the best move is Nd4, bh8, Nf5 then a long line of king maneuvering