I found the position below on a recent Chessbase post. It is from GM Khismatullin v GM Eljanov from round ten of the European Championship.

White plays 44 Kg1!! To which black plays 44…Qxd1+. What an amazing move Kg1 is. The purpose, of course, is to put the queen onto the worst square on the board, leaving black completely helpless to the numerous threats of mate that will come. Being a rook up, it is unsurprising that black thought he has at best a draw, which is not the case.
White has a 13 move forced win. It’s actually not as difficult to find as you might think owing to the poor position of the black king. It’s a pleasant way to spent 20 minutes by tuning up your skills of analysis. Can you find the winning line?
You can play through the whole game here if you cannot.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1786318
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