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I COULD force the stalemate here. Jumping my bishop back and forth between d4 and e5 forces you to jump your king from g1 to h2, forcing the board to have the exact same setup three times and making it a stalemate. You have absolutely no way of stopping it short of sacrificing your queen to take out my bishop while it's on d4 or moving your pawn to g3, which, as noted above, also causes you to sacrifice your queen to take out my bishop or causing outright checkmate. So the option is clearly there for me. However... your rook has absolutely zero chance of playing right now. While I can easily force stalemate (as demonstrated) I think I'm going to gamble that I can still checkmate you. I have my pieces set up in such a fashion that it's almost impossible for you to win, so unless I make a mistake, stalemate should be your goal.

To proceed from here, my natural next move will be Qb2. This WILL give initiative to you, but honestly, what can you do with it? I'm very curious to see if you are capable of getting out of this deathtrap... but I don't think you can, despite your material advantage. The lesson to be learned here is simple: There are situations where a bishop is stronger than a rook. My job is to ensure that the situation doesn't change. As long as I maintain the current status quo, you're screwed.

Good call. g3 Qb2+ Kg1 Bd4+ Kf1 Qf2#. Any other sequence of moves results in you sacrificing your queen to take out my bishop to prevent checkmate, leading to inevitable checkmate.

I didn't see any hope in moving my pawn to G3