spinecruncher wrote:
It seemed rather obvious to me., but not at all "brilliant!" Five minute game and a boatload if misses and mistakes. I got lucky my opponent didn't clobber me first.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/100763290672?tab=review&move=41
You are not the worst player. In fact, your 674 blitz rating is above the site's 637 average. (You can find that on the Leaderboards.)
That means you are better than a lot of players.
Your move may not have been brilliant or even the best move (Stockfish says that Kb8 was better.) but it didn't make your position worse and it did have a purpose. (It got your knight out the way of your queen so that you would be able to play checkmate on the next move.)
from the site's Help pages:
Brilliant (!!) moves and Great Moves are always the best or nearly best move in the position, but are also special in some way. We replaced the old Brilliant algorithm with a simpler definition: a Brilliant move is when you find a good piece sacrifice. There are some other conditions, like you should not be in a bad position after a Brilliant move and you should not be completely winning even if you had not found the move. Also, we are more generous in defining a piece sacrifice for newer players, compared with those who are higher rated.
It seemed rather obvious to me., but not at all "brilliant!" Five minute game and a boatload if misses and mistakes. I got lucky my opponent didn't clobber me first.
https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/100763290672?tab=review&move=41