Daily Puzzle Analysis 5/26/2025

Here is my analysis for today's daily puzzle!

Key Tactics: Zwischenzug/Intermezzo

At the start of the puzzle:

- White is up a knight for a pawn.

- Both queens are currently hanging.

- White's king is exposed on the h-file.

So, this is probably a material puzzle.

What if we capture White's queen immediately? That doesn't work:

So, that doesn't work. However, if we are able to move our queen out of danger while preventing White from moving their queen out of danger, we can win White's queen. How do we do that? That's it - the intermezzo/zwischenzug 1. ... Qh4+!

So, the puzzle is solved!

I hope this helps, and have a nice Monday!