White to play

 

In the game White played Rxf7 and duly won, however better was to block the a1-h8 diagonal with

1 Rf6  Bxf6  2. Bxf6  Rxf6  3. Qh8+  Kf7  4. Rh7 mate

Instead 1. Bf6 works in the same way. Black can play a couple of ‘ spite’ checks but nothing to stop the mate

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