White to play and win, lose, or draw (does that help? ). All commentary is in the spoiler.
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I came across this puzzle on chess.com's tactics trainer. It's not tough to visualize, but the pattern/motif is so strange that it's not anything you've ever seen before. I didn't get it right and settled for a stalemate.
The correct move is 1.Qc3, forcing black to play 1...Kb1. And after 2.Qd3+, you can probably guess how the puzzle will end up. White simply alternates between pinning the b2 pawn and checking white's king, while stair-stepping his way up the board, until he is able to deliver mate on the h1 square. I thought it was a really cool puzzle and hadn't seen anything like it before. Here's the full solution.
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