'The Abbott's Conundrum' - White to Move, Checkmate in 2

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This difficult checkmate in two puzzle comes from Joseph William Abbott who published this tricky problem in a book entitled 121 chess problems

Arisktotle

Beauty!

Arisktotle

Btw, one can add a black pawn on g4 for an extra variation but that does not necessarily improve the problem.

Arisktotle

In that case, this is the best setting: