White to play and win

One thing I continue to be stunned by is how good computers are now at chess: it is now many years since even the world #1 is a match for a good program. It is also now routine for engines to spot numerous improvements on games played by humans.

However, I was literally stunned tonight by the sheer beauty of what Houdini 3 found in the position below from one of my recent blitz games.

The arrow is misleading: Qf7 is prosaic, answered by Qe7; but white has far better, a move I would never have considered.

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