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1Rf6.
e5.
White will gain nothing with a premature 1.e5:
1. e5? f5! (probably the only saving move)
This opens an attack on the white queen which white must address while simultaneously cutting the line of the white bishop on h7. I don’t see any move here that is obviously better for white than to just exchange the queens:
2. Qe8 Ne8
Probably best- leaves white with a piece en prise while the e5 pawn is now hanging. If white is better here, it is almost purely optical at best.
A quite famous tactical strike- one I first saw over 25 years ago. The move 1.Rf6 prevents black from replying by pushing the f-pawn or h-pawn in response to the coming e5 uncovering the attack on h7. White wins material, and mates black if he foolishly takes the offered rook.