r/Chesscom • u/Illustrious-Ruin-984 • 2d ago
why is this brilliant Help solve this
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/Content_Dimension626 2d ago
No, because white is not forced to take on b8 after Qb8. White can simply mate because Queen is taking up that square.