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So, one day I was doing a game analysis. Someone had told me in order to get a brilliant move I had to sacrifice a piece, and it had to be the best move calculated by Stockfish to be a brilliant move. In one of my games, I HAD sacrificed my bishop, and it was a best move by Stockfish (the Game review said so.) BUT it was NOT a brilliant move for some reason. You are welcome to check out my game (it was against this person called Dripply_Nips101) and see the game review for yourself. Maybe it's just on my computer? (Also, I know brilliant moves are really rare but still)

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YellowFierce wrote:

So, one day I was doing a game analysis. Someone had told me in order to get a brilliant move I had to sacrifice a piece, and it had to be the best move calculated by Stockfish to be a brilliant move. In one of my games, I HAD sacrificed my bishop, and it was a best move by Stockfish (the Game review said so.) BUT it was NOT a brilliant move for some reason. You are welcome to check out my game (it was against this person called Dripply_Nips101) and see the game review for yourself. Maybe it's just on my computer? (Also, I know brilliant moves are really rare but still)

This move?
 
I think it is not called brilliant because you were already winning without it. 
 
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24. Bxe5 Kf8 was where the bishop sacrifice was

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from the Support page:

Brilliant Moves are always the best or nearly best move in the position, but they are also special in some way.

 

We replaced the old Brilliant algorithm with a simpler definition: a Brilliant move is when you find a good piece sacrifice.

 

There are additional conditions:

  • You should not be in a bad position after a Brilliant move

  • You should not be completely winning even if you hadn't found the move.

We are also more generous in defining a piece sacrifice for newer players compared to those who are higher-rated.

 

https://support.chess.com/en/articles/8572705-how-are-moves-classified-what-is-a-blunder-or-brilliant-etc

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That is a great move, and it does win the game, but it has to be something that leads to a much greater advantage. The bishop sacrifice does win the rook, but it's a more obvious move. A brilliant would be an advantage in disguise.

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oh