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Nothing smart, but for sure: Qf5+ eats/promotes a queen.
Okay, I think I got it. 1.Bf5 g6 2.Qc3! With the idea of Rh8 and protecting e1!
Qf5+
1. Bf5+ is a killer.
That queen at d7 is a big, juicy piece of poisoned fruit- take a bite and die hideously:
1. Bd7?? Re1
2. Kh2 Rh1#
My first thought of what to do is to check with the bishop from f5:
1. Bf5 g6 (Qf5 2.Qf5 g6 3.Qf7#)
2. hg6 fg6 (Kg7 3.Qc3 f6 4.Bd7+-)
3. Ra8!
Threatening Ra7 skewering the black queen. And where can black move her to? The rook check from e1 is met adequately by Kh2, and black must still solve the problem of the queen. Playing Qf5 will be mate in 2 moves after Qc7+. The absolute best continuation I can find here is to take the bishop with the pawn:
3. …..fg5
4. Ra7 Qa7
5. Qa7 and black is already lost- even the rook is going to fall, or white will have two queens.
I just looked the game up on chessbomb- Qf5 was the more efficient move. Seems to win more quickly as the position quickly reduces to R vs B for white, but with a queen coming within two moves since the passed pawn is unstoppable.
1.Qf5+ g6 2.hxg6+ fxg6 3.Qxe4.
In reply to Frederic Rhine
1 Qf5+ g6
2 hxg6+ fxg6
3 Qxd7+ Re7
4 Qxe7#