Can anyone explain to me why this is brilliant?

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DanielChessPlayer500

I played against Pincer, the hardest bot of this month and when I game reviewed it, he played a brilliant move but I don't understand why it's brilliant. Please explain: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/computer/124362751?tab=review&move=25

Chrosamr

No idea... But activated a sequence of events after thats so

tygxc

Chess.com is generous with the brilliant label.
A true brilliant move satisfies 4 criteria:

  1. It is a winning move: losing or drawing moves are not brilliant.
  2. It is unique: when two moves win, then none is brilliant.
  3. It involves a sacrifice, as sacrifices are aesthetically pleasing.
  4. It is a quiet move: no check (+) or capture (x), as those are too obvious to be brilliant.

Here is an example:
30 Ba3 satisfies all 4 criteria and thus is a true brilliant move.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1031957

DanielChessPlayer500
tygxc wrote:

Chess.com is generous with the brilliant label.
A true brilliant move satisfies 4 criteria:

  1. It is a winning move: losing or drawing moves are not brilliant.
  2. It is unique: when two moves win, then none is brilliant.
  3. It involves a sacrifice, as sacrifices are aesthetically pleasing.
  4. It is a quiet move: no check (+) or capture (x), as those are too obvious to be brilliant.

Here is an example:
30 Ba3 satisfies all 4 criteria and thus is a true brilliant move.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1031957

No.1 and No.4 are not true:

BigChessplayer665

Because it is sacking a rook and it doesn't loose

I feel bad when a bot plays a brilliant move against a human

DanielChessPlayer500

Well the first criteria says it shouldn't be a losing or drawing move. These are drawing moves. The fourth criteria says it shouldn't be check or capture. These are checks

BigChessplayer665

I believe someone got a brilliant move that is loosing before

Fezwick

To be awarded the "brilliant" designation, a move must satisfy two criteria. 1 It must be the best move according to the computer evaluation, and 2 it must be hard to find. Whether or not a move is hard to find or not is inherently subjective, and it is hard for a computer to judge what a human would consider hard to find. The algorithm probably thinks that a human would be tempted to attempt to save the Rook with 13 ... Rh7, which leads to a powerful attack for White after 14 Rxe6. Nf8 is best because it defends that pawn.

falcon39
BigChessplayer665 wrote:

I believe someone got a brilliant move that is loosing before

Could be worse, but not losing. 
The brilliant is basically sacrifice and best move, and hard to find too. Like nowadays I sac my queen all the time but they don't get brillaint.
For why Nf8 is brilliant, its because its the best move.

BigChessplayer665

I promise you I saw a brilliant move that was loosing it was the best move just loosing i just wish I could find the game