Another puzzle for an easy main puzzle day

White to play and win

Source: Twitter. Alas, I didn't favourite or make a note of the tweet, so don't know the players' names, or can't credit it. All I recall is that white missed the win, and asked in his tweet if the correct move was hard to find. I would say it is hard to find.

Solution

After trying various moves such as 1 Qe1+, 1 b8(Q), 1 a3 (to try to divert the queen), 1 g3+ and finding none of them work, I eventually ( after setting the pieces out on the board) found the solution.

1 Qf4! with the main idea being 1….Qb7 2 Qh6+ Kg3[] 3 Qh2 mate. Very picturesque.

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