Low rated player plays “brilliant” move

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This is not an accusation but I just don’t understand the criteria for a “brilliant” move so hoping that someone who does understand can give their opinion.

I just finished a daily game with someone who has a pretty low rating and they pulled out a move that was classed as brilliant.

What’s the most likely scenario here...lucky, genuine brilliant move or using an engine?

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I never done one and im 900-1000 if hes lower iw ouldnt beleive but maybe he done it by accident i done one on lichess said my coach
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Even a chess-playing baboon could stumble upon a brilliant move every so often. Granted, higher rated players play more of them, but even the lowest-rated players will stumble into a few amidst a sea of blunders.

A brilliant move is a move that is not immediately obvious, is probably a game-changer, and requires the engine to search at a very high depth in order to find.
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Thanks, I guess there’s no way to know for sure. It’s what makes me reluctant to play untimed games
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Did they win the game?

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Sometimes when I sac a piece and the computer says brilliant move, I just didn't see if the piece could be taken. I would not be worried at all.

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T’was a draw
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I'm about 650 elo and my opponent played a brilliant move. Couldn't have been engine, his accuracy overall was pretty bad and he played sort of fast.

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I am terrible (498),' but in something like 250 games, even I have made 2 moves labelled brilliant.. Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while.

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da_lions wrote:
I never done one and im 900-1000 if hes lower iw ouldnt beleive but maybe he done it by accident i done one on lichess said my coach

I did one and I was 600

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For newer/low rated players, brilliant moves are much more freely awarded, eg. a basic queen/rook sacrifice mating pattern could earn a brilliant (that's the only reason I have gotten any, lol). So he might have gotten lucky, or it could have been more obvious than at first glance. What sort of move was it exactly?

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kchessking wrote:
This is not an accusation but I just don’t understand the criteria for a “brilliant” move so hoping that someone who does understand can give their opinion.

I just finished a daily game with someone who has a pretty low rating and they pulled out a move that was classed as brilliant.

What’s the most likely scenario here...lucky, genuine brilliant move or using an engine?

It's just a gimmick here. They definitely are not brilliant moves.

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kchessking wrote:
T’was a draw

'Twas a draw. The apostrophe denotes the missing "i" from "it".

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"... I just don’t understand the criteria for a “brilliant” move."

Thats ok...no one does.

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“This is not an accusation BUT “ -OP

geez a get over it already… you peeps are quite pathetic with these threads

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StormCentre3 wrote:

“This is not an accusation BUT “ -OP

geez a get over it already… you peeps are quite pathetic with these threads

Those oh so precious online rating points are life and death for some.

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when i was 500 i got  a brilliant move

 

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I am a 1700 and i barely ever Get brilliant move
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I have had 3 brilliant moves, and all of them seemed semi forced to me. I was not reinventing the game. I think AI’s view of brilliant can be pretty light at times. What was his overall accuracy for the game?
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