the black queen should have eaten the white queen,bad puzzle

can someone tell me?

Post 38 is the most succinct explanation.

Indeed I tried to play Qa3+, having seen both the deflection idea and the back-row check, but then not putting them together.  At least I didn't give away the farm, but :( anyway.

easy

How is that clever? White Queen can be taken on first move yet the puzzle says otherwise

why doesn't black queen takes d4 to stop the origanal check?

Mighty fine.

very very eazy

good

this is a good puzzle....inspires thought for a change

Bad chess players will of course choose

1. Qa3+?? Kg8 2. Qxa5

[like I did]

[[And yes, I know the ?? is a bit severe]]

well said Elroch

But I wanted to queen! :(

too easy

Nice