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Puzzle 64168

I think that if black doesn't lose the knight, they will have to move knight on C6 to A5. That allows the white bishop to go to D4 and threaten the queen and win the rook.
I just wrote about this kind of puzzles here

de.lichess.org/forum/lichess-feedback/solution-to-puzzles-are-unhuman

and you gave another excellent example. Of course we would expect our opponent to play Ne5 instead of giving the piece. The engine sees white's attack as too strong after Qa4. You can always check with engine afterwards, there is this button above the notation of moves. Still this is no solution at all.
It doesn't feel like a puzzle after black plays Ne5.
The engine (stockfish 8) doesn't give up the knight though.
64168. This has to be a bug.
The solution is not just inhuman, it's incorrect.
Ne5 is the correct defense by any measure.
Also found this puzzle solution very strange

The engine gives the best move Ne5 a +1.6 that only decreases as the play goes on
Exchanging the knight is >+3 right away

Would love to see what was the puzzle :D

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