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Don't be fooled by the even material or the bishops
of opposite colors; both king's are in very precarious positions!
Black threatens mate on the move with either 1...Qe4
or 1...Qd1. Too bad for Black that it is White to move!
1.h4+
White could draw with the perpetual check line
1.Qe7+ Kg6 2.Qe6 or 2.Qe8 and neither side will be able to make any
headway.
A mistake, however, would be 1.Qg8+ Kh4 2.g3+ Kxh3
Analysis Diagram: after
2...Kxh3
when White has run out of useful checks and will be
mated shortly.
Back to the main line position:
1...Kh5
1...Kxh4 is met by 2.Qxh6#
2.Qxf5+ Kxh4
Black's king has been forced onto the square White
needs him to be at.
3.Qg4#
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