What's going on with these hyper-aggressive players

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I found this cool mate in 5 in a blitz game, one of the coolest mates I had so far. Tell me what you think!
Lichess analysis link: https://lichess.org/analysis/standard/r3k1nr/ppp2ppq/3p4/P1b1p3/1n2P3/3P2Pb/2PNNPB1/R1BQR1K1_b_kq_-_6_15
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I'm a new chess player and do not understand why the solution to this puzzle is Qc2+ instead of something like Rb8, Qf5, g4 I don't really understand what black could do here to save the Queen?
Blitz 5|1: Raunak-Gukesh: 4.5-4.5 Blitz 3|1: Raunak-Gukesh: 6.5-2.5 Bullet 1|1: Raunak-Gukesh: 6.5-3.5
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Very close to 600!
Then I started losing
Let's do a small Fediverse chess tournament! Everyone is welcome to join! ... read full post
Hi, I created a chess beginners community on discuss.tchncs.de as a replacement on lemmy for r/chessbeginners ... read full post
Which one do people prefer? I've personally found the chess.com UI to be a lot warmer and more inviting than lichess, but I'm interested to hear people's opinions