How do you get brilliant moves

A brilliant move has to be
a. A sacrifice.
b. Ridiculously unintuitive.
c. Something that either puts your opponent in zugzwang or forces an undesirable move.

It must fit all three of those criteria to qualify.

Some tips include:

1. Don't try to force them.

You can't make your opponent screw up, but you can do the right thing when they do. And if it's a seemingly dumb move that gets rid of an entire piece, it's probably going to be brilliant.

2. When it's your turn, look for sacrifices you can do.

This is the big one. Even if they appear absolutely idiotic, give them thought. Chances are one of them is a brilliant sacrifice. This is how I've gotten most of my brilliants.

3. It's not uncommon to accidentally perform one.

My first brilliant (pictured below) was (kinda) accidental. I didn't see the bishop but then I realized the bishop was preventing a fork when it captured the rook.

There's not much else to it. The opportunities are rare, but they do come.

The way I classify a brilliant is like this:

- Show a really good move to someone who is really bad at chess. Someone who knows how the pieces move and not much else.

- If they automatically think it's bad, it's brilliant.