Yes, white can win this!!

The material is even but there is a nice variation to be found here. How can white win this?
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[@rogerkearns8094]

Looks impossible until it doesn't.

[@URnickel_MY2cents]

I enjoy learning these strategies ! Thanks !

[@user-zm1lx9uq9s]

Thank you for this puzzle!!

[@RamKumar-gy9nb]

excellent... this was just brilliant as always.... Thank you again, God bless you

[@tawhv]

Easy puzzle. Rule 1: Attack! Rule 2: Don't let the king out of the corner. Rule 3: Drive him deeper into a corner. Rule 4: In a puzzle at least one figure must be sacrificed.

[@aaaaa5272]

I was not nearly close to find the solution. I considered moving the rook as the correct first move but wrongly concluded that I would just loose it :-(

[@mncdssctn9110]

Found it.

[@giovannicorno1247]

You shown a win, queen Vs queen more or less similar, in which this one reverts. So I saw the solution quickly.

[@calvinnickel9995]

I found the rook sacrifice but wasn’t sure if it would work with the queen taking.

[@KenFullman]

I failed because I was trying to get it in 2 moves. My mistake because nowhere did you say this was going to be checkmate in two moves.

[@lennyvlaminov9480]

Neat. Mandatory position after Qxb8 and we can't get enough of repetition, can we? Great content as always

[@joeypahati3126]

Ra1+ if qxa1 then Qxb8 and black does not have a decent counter to the mating threat via Qa8, Qa7, or Qb3. If kxa1 then Qg1+ ka2; Qa7# 😁

[@valvennis]

What a move!..

[@ceejay0137]

Not so hard, this one, but a nice tactic! Ra1 is really the only forcing move in the start position, then the rook capture on b8 puts Black in zugzwang.

[@ralkadde]

Yes, a nice tactic. But I guess "zugzwang" is the wrong term in this context, as there are threats like Qb3#, Qa8#, and Qa7#. There is no way to prevent all of them.

[@ceejay0137]

@@ralkadde Yes, I misused the term. True zugzwang is when there are no threats _until_ the other player moves.

[@Chris.M]

Gotcha this time ❤

[@charleshendrix232]

Queen can move any way the rook moves so why is the under promotion so important? I know I’m missing something very basic and obvious, beginner.

[@nikolajradosavljevic4773]

Solved

[@DonJC49]

Da Ruuuuuuuk!

[@brendanward2991]

Easy.

[@handlesucks509]

Noice

[@user-dx6wz1kh9w]

For 20 seconds, was not difficult.

[@bunpeishiratori5849]

Not that difficult actually.