Enjoy!

I like it. Did you compose this yourself?

Great puzzle!

I wish did compose it myself but unfortunately, no, I'm not good enough.

good puzzle, but I wonder if black could play 1...Qxe5 and come out ahead.

No he wouldn't.  The white pawn would promote

i dont get it. cant the black pawn take the rook?

1.Ree5?? dxe5

So...2. Move the Queen! And this is avoided.

where you do propose to move the queen?

 

no there is no way black can prevent losing the queen, not by moving the queen or the king.

this is almost impossible to find out without trying around though

moving the queen to g3 and then on 3...will allow protection of the pawn so it can promote. Who cares if you have to trade the queen whites king is stuck in the corner 

I see this happening...

or if your playing someone who know what they are doin then black is screwed in which point after thinking about it I care that I have to trade my queen.

That doesn't work... white still queens and black can't force a queen.

It's nice to have someone explain it to you, it's even better to figure it out yourself. Well done! It's a great puzzle.

that the same thing i showed in my second variation.

redblack_redemption wrote: I wish did compose it myself but unfortunately, no, I'm not good enough.

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Terrific puzzle. Thanks for sharing.

 

So who is the composer? 

Who is the composer? I co-teach chess at a YMCA, and the other teacher showed me this puzzle.  He got it from an old puzzle book from Ukraine.  So... no clue.