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Help me understand this puzzle, it's white to move and the obvious solution is to fork the king and the rook but there are two ways to do it : Qe3+ or Qe7+

For me they both do the same job? or at least I tried to calculate both lines but apparently the solution is Qe3 and in fact computer hates Qe7 so much the eval bar dropped so much??

I can't find the reason why? Help

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bowser_123 wrote:

Help me understand this puzzle, it's white to move and the obvious solution is to fork the king and the rook but there are two ways to do it : Qe3+ or Qe7+
For me they both do the same job? or at least I tried to calculate both lines but apparently the solution is Qe3 and in fact computer hates Qe7 so much the eval bar dropped so much??
I can't find the reason why? Help

Qe7+ is the solution and is a forced mate. Qe3 is even from an evaluation standpoint but white is still down some material.