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Brilliant moves: Are they all that to be hyped about!?

Phantom_Beast23

Updated: Feb 8, 2021, 2:03 PM | 24

Hey everyone, this is @IAMDAGOAT123456789 and today, ill be talking about my view on brilliant moves! In this blog, I'll be talking about what they are, are they valuable, weather, you should strive to get them or not, and etc. And as you can tell, this isn't one of my normal blogs but instead it's one of those blogs on debates.

What is a brilliant move?

A brilliant move is a type of move that is judged or analyzed by the chess.com analysis computer. These moves are very hard to come by, even at the GM or grandmaster level (yes, even Hikaru). According to the computer, this move is a move that is:

- A very good move ( even better than the best move type )

- Is hard to get by (even with computers)

- And is one the computer doesn't see at first

I myself, haven't gotten it many times (only 4 I think? IDK lol) and I know people that are like really good and haven't even gotten it.

Now lets move on to the argument!

How are Brilliant moves legitimate?

Brilliant moves can be considered legitimate in the sense that you know that it will be be at least worthy of the "Best move". But sometimes, it really doesn't look like it deserved the brilliant "move" move.

Here are 2 games below now, one I think that does deserve a the"Brilliant move" and one that doesn't:

Yeah, I know, I played a game starting with the Englund's Gambit, but anyways, this opening is called The Queens pawn opening, Englund's Gambit. It's used to win a queen in a 5 move sequence or get a checkmate in 6. But I digress, I'll go back to the game.

So, yeah, Rook h4 or Rh4 was apparently a brilliant move. I think that this is kinda legit since, not only is the rook attacking the queen, but also taking full control of the h-file. The alternate, which was "The best move" was Rdg8 or Rook to g8. This move is good, as it attacks the queen and attacks the pawn behind it, but isn't as good because the first move is more demanding. I ultimately won this game and you can see it below.

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/5023003688?tab=report This is the link to the game

The next game that I'm gonna show is one that did end up getting the brilliant move, but not one that actually was..

This is called the Italian Game: The Anti-Fried-Liver. This name lives up to what it does as it prominently blocks the knight to moving to g5 to perform the fried liver. If you dont what that is, I made a blog on it so you can check it out Anyways, back to the game.

So yes, Rb8+ or rook to b8 was apparently a brilliant move....and in fact I played this game today! But anyways, so is this a brilliant move? I completely disagree as it doesn't meet any of the criteria which is being hard to find and turned the tables around. And the only reason I won was because black blundered so yeah, if they had not, I would have probably lost. But I ended up winning as black made a blunder again and I won the game...here it is

And here is the link to the game: https://www.chess.com/live/game/5626587289

So in the end, are brilliant moves legit?

Yes and no.

Yes in the sense that

- You cant count that it'll always be a really good

- And sometimes, it truly will be a really good move that might be even hard for grandmasters to see

No in the sense that

- Brilliant moves can be just a really good move, but not unique

- And can also be very easy to spot, like the game I showed and the one on my thumbnail.

And so in the end you shouldn't be playing to so that you can get a "brilliant move", but play so that you can get the " Best moves" because they'll only pop up occasionally.

Thank you,

@IAMDAGOAT123456789

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