Convert The Rook Pawn!

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This problem was composed by D. L. Ponziani and was first published in Il Giuoco Incomparabile Delggi Scacchi in 1769. Rook pawns are notoriously drawish in the endgame, and white has the opposite color bishop... but white wins by converting the rook pawn to a knight pawn:

1. Ka6 b5 2. axb5 a4 3. b6 a3 4. b7#

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D. L. Ponziani