The black queen wasn't going anywhere. It was pinned by your bishop. Meanwhile, your other bishop was attacked.
By taking the queen first you ended up with both your queen and bishop under attack when he takes back.
Instead, taking Bxe5 first would have removed the threat to your bishop AND added a threat to the knight on f6 which was defending the queen.You would have ended up another pawn ahead.
Hey there,
I finished a game and used the "Game Review" function to see if there were any better moves I could have made. One of the recommended moves was a little perplexing (screenshots below). I captured a knight (BxNc6) and then followed up by capturing the Queen (BxQd7). Instead, it suggested that I take a Pawn with the other Bishop (Bxe5). I am sure that most chess players would agree that taking the Pawn over the Queen was not the better move comparatively. I know that computers (at least right now) can't explain the "why" behind a move. Is this situation an example of this concept? Is there a better way to use the "Game Review" function?
If you see/know something I don't, please feel free to let me know!