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(Incomplete analysis)
1. Bxh7+ Kxh7 2. Ng5+ Kg6 [ … Kg8 3. Qh5] 3. Qg4 f5 [ … Qd7 4. Nxe6+ Kh6 5. Qg5+ Kh7 6. Qxg7#] 4. exf6 e.p. Rxf6 5. Nxe6+ and the queen falls.
3 … Kh6 4. Qh5+ Kg6 5. Qh7+ Kxg5 also seems like an interesting line
2. … Kg8 3. Qh5 Rb7 4. Qh7+ Kf8 5. Qh8+ Ke7 6. Qxg7 Rf8 looks good for white, but I havent’ analyzed further
This is the classic sacrifice of a bishop at h7 (or h2 in the reverse) when the knight/queen battery is ready to come to g5 and h5 respectively. This theme is present in many transitions from opening to middle-game situations.
1. Bh7! Kh7
If black declines the bishop, white plays Ng5 protecting it, and black will have to play g6 in order to prevent the white queen from coming to h5. However, white then has various options for adding pressure, such as Qg4 followed in this example by Rc3-Rh3 etc. White can even offer the bishop a second time at move 3 with Bxg6. Continuing:
2. Ng5 Kg8 (see Karthik above for Kg6- if Kh6, white just plays 3.Rc3 to win easily)
3. Qh5 Rfe8 (probably best, but unsure without a deeper look)
4. Qh7 Kf8
And, from here, there isn’t anything terribly wrong with winning the g-pawn immediately with Qh8 and Qxg7, as Karthik again points out above, but white has time to increase the pressure, too……
5. f4!? g6 (for demonstration)
6. Ne6 Re6
7. Qh8 Ke7
8. Qa8 etc.