Why isn't this a brilliant move?

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Xander_is_OkayAtChess

Chess.com marks the move as a great move but why isn't it brilliant? It's the best move according to the computer, sacrifices material, and is tricky to find.

Can someone explain this?

Martin_Stahl
Xander_is_OkayAtChess wrote:

Chess.com marks the move as a great move but why isn't it brilliant? It's the best move according to the computer, sacrifices material, and is tricky to find.

Can someone explain this?

Possibly due to the fact that there was another good winning move as well.

veganmarine777
Maybe there was a move that was checkmate
LightningStorm_07
I believe that a move has to be the only move in the position that gives you a good winning advantage. If you are definitely still winning without that move, it is not brilliant. I had a thread about this too with some queen sac.
rip_khang1910

Ohh cool very nice

Xander_is_OkayAtChess

UPDATE: Something interesting about brilliant moves is that they can vary depending on the depth of the engine you are using. For example, sometimes a brilliant move will be marked as a great move because both are the best move.

SacrificeEnPassanter
I used game review on this and it showed for ME that it was a brilliant move!
Francescos73

it's not a move difficult to find, simple tactic

magipi
Francescos73 wrote:

it's not a move difficult to find, simple tactic

That doesn't matter. For an engine, all tactics are easy.

Francescos73
magipi ha scritto:
Francescos73 wrote:

it's not a move difficult to find, simple tactic

That doesn't matter. For an engine, all tactics are easy.

there are tactics where the engine must look several moves ahead: these are more difficult to find. A brilliant move is such a tactic that requires a deeper analysis of the position in order to be spotted

magipi
Francescos73 wrote:
magipi ha scritto:
Francescos73 wrote:

it's not a move difficult to find, simple tactic

That doesn't matter. For an engine, all tactics are easy.

there are tactics where the engine must look several moves ahead: these are more difficult to find. A brilliant move is such a tactic that requires a deeper analysis of the position in order to be spotted

That's not the case on chess.com. There are many instances where super easy and obvious combinations get the "brilliant" label.

Here the reason is probably some technicality in the code.

woton

The simple answer to your question is that the move did not meet the criteria programmed into the computer. Whether a move is brilliant, great, or whatever, is a judgment call. It is not an absolute. A human determined the criteria and that criteria ended up in the program.

sah-nebun2007

Hey there can I help restoring this PNG i dont have the first few Moves and moves 4-7 could be wrong. Here is the moves i dont mind about the conclusion of the game i just want the opening restiored

1.?? ?? 2. ?? ?? 3. ?? ?? 4. ?? be7 5. nc3 bf6 6. bf4 bxd4 7.Qxd4 Be6 8. 0-0-0 c5 9. Qe3 Bc4 10. Bxc4 Na6 11.e5 h5 12. exd6+ Kd7 13. Rde1 Rc8 14. Bxf7 Qf8 15. Bxg8 Qxg8 16. Qe7+ Kc6 17. Re6 Re8 18. d7+ Qxe6 19.dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 20.Qxg7 Re7 21. Qg5 c4

F1nj4
magipi wrote:
Francescos73 wrote:
magipi ha scritto:
Francescos73 wrote:

it's not a move difficult to find, simple tactic

That doesn't matter. For an engine, all tactics are easy.

there are tactics where the engine must look several moves ahead: these are more difficult to find. A brilliant move is such a tactic that requires a deeper analysis of the position in order to be spotted

That's not the case on chess.com. There are many instances where super easy and obvious combinations get the "brilliant" label.

Here the reason is probably some technicality in the code.

It's because the code that decides brilliant moves takes into account the ELO of a player.

Xander_is_OkayAtChess

@sah-nebun2007 Here is the actual game:

AmbatuDraw

sometimes i wonder too

Xander_is_OkayAtChess

If I had instead played Nxe5, stockfish thinks the position is 1.5 for white (low depth) and could still result in a draw when played by a human. Rxc6+, however is plus 6.0 so arguably a great move regardless.

Also chess.com says that a brilliant move is tricky to find and the best move but doesn't really say it has to sacrifice and lose material for a positional edge, it can win material back using tactics and still be categorized as brilliant

ChessEnthusiast48
This is a definition of a brilliant move taken from one of the postings here at Chess.com. A brilliant move in chess is a move that is exceedingly rare and difficult to find that gives the player more of an advantage in the position from what it was prior to being made. The move Rc6 is not exceedingly rare and is not difficult to find, thus, it is not a brilliant move. It is a great move that wins a piece outright.