Smothered Mate at Grandmaster Level

Can you spot how GM Alexander Grischuk checkmated GM Ruslan Ponomariov in 2000? It was a smothered mate. White to move, checkmate in 2: Did you like this puzzle? And did you solve it? Let it know in the comments if you want.

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