Rb6, zugzwang!

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Sorry Rb4 😄

Wow. I could not even figure it out after seeing your reply. Had to recreate it on lichess https://lichess.org/analysis/k7/p4p2/4pK2/1Rp2p2/2Q5/1P6/8/8_w_-_-_0_1?color=white

This one isn't actually too hard. The key point is black has essentially no moves. So you just have to consider what happens when he makes each of the pawn moves he has available. Each one opens up a square for the white queen to give a check (that are actually mate, because the king has no squares). a6, e4, d5, c8 if the rook is taken.

My little brain could not see it. Learned something today