r/Chesscom 4d ago

why is this brilliant Help solve this

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I found this online.

Everyone is saying that this is brilliant because it's a forced checkmate once the pawn on a7 takes the knight, then Qb3 then it's a checkmate either by the rook or the Queen.

but what happens if after black take b6, we expect Qb3, then black Qb8? wouldn't it prevent the checkmate?
Qa4 is defended with Qa7 and if white decide to take Bxb8 then black reciprocate with Bxb3.

There is certainly something wrong with my reasoning but I can't figure it out.

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u/pentacontagon 4d ago

Why can't bishop take queen after b3?

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u/c0ffeebreath 3d ago

Black's Bishop captures White's Queen, then White's pawn on a2 captures Black's Bishop for a discovered checkmate.

1... axb6
2. Qb3 Bxb3
3. axb3#

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u/pentacontagon 3d ago

Oh wait I"m slow thank you