Is a brilliant checkmate possible?

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I have seen a checkmate marked great, by chess.com. Is it possible to have a brilliant checkmate?

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nathan1934 wrote:

I have seen a checkmate marked great, by chess.com. Is it possible to have a brilliant checkmate?

A brilliant here requires the sacrifice of material or allowing material to be captured and checkmate doesn't allow that, so it probably isn't a possible classification in checkmate.

Avatar of itzjeane

Now, I understand what brilliant checkmate is.

Avatar of juul4life20
possible
Avatar of RakeshMahanti

I have had dozens... yes

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I'm disagreeing with Martin & saying I think a game can finish with a brilliant mate. Somebody posted a checkmate by en passant game & that final pawn move was labeled brilliant. 🙂♟️

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RideZen2 wrote:

I'm disagreeing with Martin & saying I think a game can finish with a brilliant mate. Somebody posted a checkmate by en passant game & that final pawn move was labeled brilliant. 🙂♟️

because they probably edited it

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mai & ChessPlayMaker1 both propose true possibilities. A player's rating can influence game review. An individual could fake it. I can't discount or dismiss this.

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Interesting.
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Wow

Unauthorized action.