Does Qa4 always win?

Black to play
Is that a free e pawn?
It looks like white can play d5 followed by Qa4+
However black does get a free e pawn here because he can play Qa5+ after white plays d5🙂

Originally posted by National Master Dale
[fen]r1bqkb1r/pp2pppp/2np1n2/8/3PP3/5N2/PP2BPPP/RNBQK2R[/fen]
Black to play
Is that a free e pawn?
It looks like white can play d5 followed by Qa4+
However black does get a free e pawn here because he can play Qa5+ after white plays d5🙂

Does not seem too convincing to me

Originally posted by National Master Dale
[fen]r1bqkb1r/pp2pppp/2np1n2/8/3PP3/5N2/PP2BPPP/RNBQK2R[/fen]
Black to play
Is that a free e pawn?
It looks like white can play d5 followed by Qa4+
However black does get a free e pawn here because he can play Qa5+ after white plays d5🙂

Hmm... The bishop on f8 is stuck which will delay castling, so the king is for a moment stuck in the center so I don't think that grabbing pawns now is a good idea.