Essential info:.

White to play & win:

Just discovered there are various autoplay modes on lichess, including 'Replay by CPL', which is:."The amount of time the replay pauses before playing the next move is proportional to the centipawn loss of the next move.".(So this gives you a dramatic pause before a blunder!).

Solution 1.Nxf7!, e.g. 1. Rxf7 2.Nxe6 with subsequent carnage.

Solution: Not 2.Bxf7+.

Solution: Yes, the simple 1.exf6 hxg4 2.Bxe6 Qe8 3.fxe7 wins on points.

I was happy with 1.Ne6, but the engine slightly prefers 1.Ne5 or 1.Re7. I think psychologically 1.Ne6 may be best though.

Solution: 1.Bxe7 Qxe7 2.Nf6+ wins the house.

Solution: Neatly play 1.Bd8, then take the b-pawn. If Black plays g3, set up the Sam Shankland fortress with Ke2->Kf1. Or in some lines White plays g3 & picks up the g4-pawn.

Solution: 1.c4 fails, as the Black king can try to stop the c-pawn, and will lure the White king to b6, when g1(Q) is check, and wins. So instead we need to head for Kf1, with 1.Kc3!.

Black thought for ages, and then played 1. Ba5 to prevent Rc7.

White to play & win:

An aesthetically pleasing position from a blitz game today:

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A quick White to play & win:

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