White to move and win

@forkedknight

I can see the moves ... just have to work out the correct order!

Nobody?

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@forkedknight said
[fen]r1b4r/5kpp/p1n1pp2/1pB5/2Q1BP2/1P1P1N2/Pq4PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1[/fen]

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@forkedknight said
Good start, that's definitely a bad line for black.

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then what?

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@bigdoggproblem said
The best I can find so far is...

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...and it seems like Black has some serious defensive difficulties, but there may be a brilliant save somewhere. I find it hard to put into concrete lines.

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I found this position fascinating because the computer analysis puts the best and second best moves 9 points apart, at +8.5 vs -0.5

This happened in a streamed IM game, link here:
YouTube?t=1784

@forkedknight said
Nicely analyzed, you found the second best move.

The key is
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There are two intesting possibilities for black. The naive:


and the best case:

@bigdoggproblem said
Wow, what a 2nd move that is. I don't feel too bad about missing it. 😀

Nice puzzle!

@forkedknight said
Thanks for indulging me 🙂

@forkedknight said
Nobody?

Need a hint, or are people not interested in chess on this forum? 😉