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White to play and win

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1.Qxb7 Rxb7 2.Re8+ Rxe8 3.Rxe8#

or

1.Qxb7 f2+ 2.Kxf2 with mate to follow

By  Unknown, at 10:01 AM  

Surely you meant 1.Qxb8 Rxb8.

A neat problem, regardless - the key is White's control of the long diagonal a1-h8, and White's ability to weaken Black's back rank.

A weaker near-solution (cook) might be 1.R1d6!? hoping for 1...fxe6 when after 2.Rg7+ Kh8 3.Rxa7+ White wins the queen.

But Black has the refutation 1...Qxc4! threatening 2...Qf1#. Oh, well.

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