Only if Black’s ‘h’ pawn gets exchanged ... So the Black King moving to f8 would be against the rules of chess. 1.Qh8 is Checkmate! If it’s Black turn to play in the Diagram position ...

Chess programs, however, treat the king as a flexible asset ... he’s mastered subtle king triangulations and pawn races. His 2014 game against Aronian, squeezing a win from a near-dead draw, shows ...