Well, whose turn is it? If White has the move he can mate immediately with the pawn. But if it’s White’s turn, then Black must just have moved, and there’s no legal move he can just have made. So it must be Black’s turn to move, and after 1. … axb6 the black pawn can scurry down the board to the queening square, just beyond the reach of the pursuing king. Black wins.
The Germans call this the Vielväter (“many fathers”) position, because the idea has inspired literally thousands of problems.
