Black to move and win

[FEN "5k2/5pbp/p3p3/1p4PQ/8/PK3R2/1PP2P1P/r6q b - - 0 39"]

Solution

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Solution
 

Today's position is from one of the games featured in GM Ray Keene's column on the 2007 Staunton Memorial: Howell,D (2471) - Levitt,J (2441) 3rd Staunton Memorial, London ENG (8), 27.08.2005 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 cxd4 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Bd2 a6 10.0-0-0 Nf6 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Rhe1 0-0 14.g4 g6 15.g5 Nh5 16.Be4 Rfe8 17.Bc1 Qc7 18.Nbxd4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Bxe4 20.Qxe4 Bc5 21.Rd3 Rad8 22.Rc3 Qb6 23.Ne5 Rd5 24.Ng4 Red8 25.Rf3 R8d7 26.a3 Bf8 27.Rh3 Bg7 28.Rg1 Qd4 29.Qf3 Kf8 30.Ne3 R5d6 31.Rg4 Qa7 32.Rgh4 Qb7 33.Qe2 Qh1 34.Rxh5 gxh5 35.Qxh5 Rd1 36.Nxd1 Rxd1 37.Rf3 Rxc1+ 38.Ka2 Ra1+ 39.Kb3 [Diagram]

39. ... Rxa3+ 40.Kxa3 Qa1+ 41.Kb4 Qa4+ 42.Kc5 Bd4+ 43.Kd6 Qb4+ 44.Kc6 Qc5+ 45.Kd7 Qa7+ 46.Kd6 Qe7+ 47.Kc6 Ke8           0-1

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