Black to move. What is Black’s best move? Realize that White is to mate in one with Nf6!++
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Rd6!!
Afterwards the following events would play out:
Nf6+ Rxf6
Qg5+ Kf8 (not Kh8?)
Qxf6 and now black is out of the continuous checks.
A queen move that accomplished the same thing would result in the loss of the queen.
f6?? leads to a perpetual check position that results in mate. After f6??:
Nxf6+ Kf7
Ng5!+ Ke7
Qg7+ Kd6
Nge4++
After writing this I realized I forgot to take into account the move: Re6
After … Re6:
dxe6 Now black has a lot of moves now, but really the threat of mate still exists. There only are two moves. Qe7 and fxe6. Let’s start with the former:
… Qe7
Nf6+ Qxf6
Qxf6 White is up a rook and a queen for a knight.
Now after fxe6:
Nf6+ Kf7
Nxe5+ Ke7
Qg7+ Kd6
Ne4++ That simple changing of where the f3 knight attacked from made the lack of the d5 pawn irrelevant.
So yeah, no change in result. Rd6 is still the best move.