Daily Puzzle 12/22/20 Explanation

Daily Puzzle:

Why Didn't the Queen just take the Queen on move 1?

Because then, discovered check comes with Nxf6! The knight jumps out of the rook's way with a discovered check. The black loses a piece.

Why block the check with the knight?

Again, the knight gets out of the rook's way and the rook defends the white queen. Black loses a piece.

Again, Why block the check with the knight? What About the discovered check you mentioned earlier @charmander007?

Glad you asked. The discovered check wins back the queen, but black takes the knight for free, and wins back material. Before, white discovered check with capture.

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