Chess.com daily puzzle (Warning: spoilers)

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Funky Chicken Mar 2021 11:37am, 8 Mar 2021 756 posts	0 Funky Chicken A thread to discuss the daily puzzle, and others - for anyone who might be stumped by how to solve it, baffled by the process or the outcome, or just wanting to discuss aspects of it more generally.
Funky Chicken Mar 2021 11:38am, 8 Mar 2021 757 posts	0 Funky Chicken Link to today's (8/3) Chess.com puzzle: chess.com
Surelynot Mar 2021 12:06pm, 8 Mar 2021 2,139 posts	0 Surelynot Thanks for setting up the thread FC. Today's puzzle was relatively straightforward, I thought.
JK chameleon Mar 2021 12:12pm, 8 Mar 2021 13,707 posts	0 JK chameleon I agree. I saw the bones of the solution, but took a few tries getting the steps in the right order. If I'd been playing a real game in that position, I'd have cocked it up...
Diogenes Mar 2021 5:28pm, 8 Mar 2021 58,285 posts	0 Diogenes What isn’t clear to me on today’s how black proceeds next? They quite often seem to end prematurely.
SPR Mar 2021 5:52pm, 8 Mar 2021 33,492 posts	0 SPR Why do you think it ends prematurely Dio? They aren't supposed to show the full game, just certain tactics.
Diogenes Mar 2021 6:05pm, 8 Mar 2021 58,286 posts	0 Diogenes I see. I assumed they were supposed to lead to an obvious conclusion.
Diogenes Mar 2021 6:06pm, 8 Mar 2021 58,287 posts	0 Diogenes Thanks 😊
♪♫ Synge ♪♫ Mar 2021 6:12pm, 8 Mar 2021 39,336 posts	0 ♪♫ Synge ♪♫ I looked at this and I don't think I've ever seen a puzzle that isn't phrased as "Mate in 2" or "Mate in 3". This one seems to be a question of getting out of a sticky situation, but not of achieving a specific "win" objective, if I have understood it right? (Disclaimer: I am not capable of beating a chess.com opponent other than the completely random one.)
Funky Chicken Mar 2021 6:14pm, 8 Mar 2021 759 posts	0 Funky Chicken You can click on the analysis icon and experiment with playing the moves beyond where the puzzle takes it up to. White knight to c2 would threaten the queen while protecting the knight on a3, making black queen to b2 a less fruitful move. But then, black queen to f4 takes out the rook.