How can I get a brilliant Move?

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I've played chess games for hours but still can't get a brilliant move. It feels impossible.

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Brilliant move is when you make a really good sacrifice. Also don't play too much or you'll just make yourself tired mentally. Btw if you see someone plays this opening as black, do this

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The knight sacrifice is a brilliant move

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Or at least it is in the last time I game reviewed a game like that

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Thanks but I can't find anyone that plays f6 on the second move

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Wouldn't stress about trying to find a brilliant move. Keep practicing and playing eventually the opportunity will arise. The engine deems a move to be brilliant when you play the best move and it is particularly difficult to find. It generally involves sacrificing a piece but not always. The "smothered mate" is one that set play attack that will generally be considered brilliant if you sacrifice your queen in the build up.

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chessmaster2bee wrote:

Thanks but I can't find anyone that plays f6 on the second move

Any good sacrifice will do.

Most low rated players get one by accident: they blunder a piece, and it turns out to be not a blunder for reasons that they have no idea about.

This shows that yes, playing a "brilliant move" has no value.

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I rushed in a bullet game and protected the pawn with my bishop. I did not realise my bishop was hanging. I accidently got a brilliant sacrifice.

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chessmaster2bee wrote:

Thanks but I can't find anyone that plays f6 on the second move

Maybe you'll find it someday. It sometimes happens to me and I'm around 850 rapid too

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It’s possible
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I have it frequently
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Also see 1. E4 2. A6 3. Bb4 4. G5 then bishop sack on f7 is a brilliant because you win a rook.
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get gud

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Keep playing, as you get better there eventually will be one. I wish you luck!

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Check out this brilliant move: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/138062671218?move=13&tab=review
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I wish you luck on your quest to find a brilliant move, meanwhile my cat.
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magipi wrote:
chessmaster2bee wrote:

Thanks but I can't find anyone that plays f6 on the second move

Any good sacrifice will do.

Most low rated players get one by accident: they blunder a piece, and it turns out to be not a blunder for reasons that they have no idea about.

This shows that yes, playing a "brilliant move" has no value.

It has value if you follow it up with the right moves. Obviously if you didn't follow it up it was a fluke and not really brilliant.

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GMO-v2 wrote:

get gud

i dont think you can be talking

you have no brilliants

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I get lots of so-called brilliant moves. If you don't see the results of what happens when you sacrifice a piece to open up a position then it probably won't happen.

You could also learn a few traps. Here is a famous trap, an opponent walked into it yesterday.

 
 

That is called Légal's mate. It includes a briliant move sacrificing your own Queen for checkmate.

I also just played a brilliant, I didn't know this one beforehand but I got it when sacrificing to start an attack.

Hope these help you learn how to do 'brilliant' sacrificing moves.

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Lord_Phan wrote:
magipi wrote:
chessmaster2bee wrote:

Thanks but I can't find anyone that plays f6 on the second move

Any good sacrifice will do.

Most low rated players get one by accident: they blunder a piece, and it turns out to be not a blunder for reasons that they have no idea about.

This shows that yes, playing a "brilliant move" has no value.

It has value if you follow it up with the right moves. Obviously if you didn't follow it up it was a fluke and not really brilliant.

Chess.com's program doesn't think this way. It awards the "brilliant" title on any good sacrifice, even is the player misses the follow-up.