Justified08

Dec 1, 2014

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#41

try the immortal game

imirak

Dec 1, 2014

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#42

johnnydean237 wrote:

Qxg3 (forced move), ..Ne2+(forks queen with check!), Kh1 (the only move), ..Nxg3+ (takes the white queen and again gives check) and white cannot re-capture the knight because that would open the f-file and ..Rf1 mate, so Kg1 (forced move), ..Ne2+ (check again, and clears the third rank for the rook), Kh1 (the only move), ..Ra3 (moves to safety and attacks pawn), and black would still be a piece up, like this:

I agree this is an amazing move to get the queens off of the table, but it actually gets the queens and half of the rooks off of the table. Instead of the second Ne2+ move, White could play Rh5. This attacks the hanging rook at c5, forcing the trade and allowing the knight to escape safely on the recapture.

Taking the knight with fxg3 would be even worse for white, as he would lose both rooks in exchange a rook & knight.

It is an amazing move!

PhilipN

Dec 1, 2014

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#43

-waller- wrote:

That Shirov move is another double-take one, I've never come across it before either!

This illuminating and well-written article makes that move downright entertaining!

http://www.chess.com/article/view/endgames-shirov-style

ghostofmaroczy

Dec 2, 2014

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#44

MainlineNovelty wished:

ghostofmaroczy posted about Leko:

Leko agrees with you, Indirect.

"It fit the needs of the position," Leko whimpered.

#Klitschko

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#kingplusknight

#B33

#hashtag

#szegghead

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I really wish I understood your posts...

2004

TheGreatOogieBoogie

Dec 2, 2014

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#45

Justified08 wrote:

try the immortal game

Too many imperfections. Anderssen's opponent was too optimistically materialistic. Kasparov has some good analysis of the game however. It is a brilliant game but most ever?

imirak

Dec 2, 2014

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#46

TheGreatOogieBoogie wrote:

I don't know about most brilliant ever, but it's certainly a contender:

That's a very interesting position. It seems like black's best move in that example would be the bishop sacrifice 2... Be4. That forces white to give up his last kingside pawn (or lose his knight) and gives black two passed pawns on that side.

Then while the white king has to defend those, the black king could (hopefully) maneuver to the queen side and take out the remaining white pawns.

edit: nope. Doesn't work. Black is off a tempo.

ghostofmaroczy

Dec 2, 2014

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#47

braddepp was impressed:

The Averbakh - Spassky, Leningrad 1956 has to be the most impressive thing I have ever seen...

...and so was Averbakh.

JGambit

Dec 3, 2014

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#48

+1 for The Marshalls gold coin move

I think Fichers game of the century and kasparovs imortal are 2 of the best games of all time but I would not narrow down just one move in either one, rather the entire conception.

Marshalls move is pleasing as the queen can be taken in many ways yet they all lose

MainlineNovelty

Dec 3, 2014

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#49

JGambit wrote:

+1 for The Marshalls gold coin move

I think Fichers game of the century and kasparovs imortal are 2 of the best games of all time but I would not narrow down just one move in either one, rather the entire conception.

Marshalls move is pleasing as the queen can be taken in many ways yet they all lose

I think the context should also be taken into account - ...Qg3!, while extremely aesthetically pleasing, was played for show in an already winning position

imirak

Dec 3, 2014

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#50

MainlineNovelty wrote:

JGambit wrote:

+1 for The Marshalls gold coin move

I think Fichers game of the century and kasparovs imortal are 2 of the best games of all time but I would not narrow down just one move in either one, rather the entire conception.

Marshalls move is pleasing as the queen can be taken in many ways yet they all lose

I think the context should also be taken into account - ...Qg3!, while extremely aesthetically pleasing, was played for show in an already winning position

"Extremely aesthetically pleasing", of course, is exactly the sign of brilliance. The vast majority of normal players in winning positions will play the obvious and simplifying moves. The brilliant players will see the exclamation points a short time after those normal players have made their uninteresting moves that no one would ever discuss a century later.

neverherebefore

May 19, 2018

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#51

-waller- wrote:

23...Qg3 by Frank Marshall vs. Levitsky, Breslau 1912.

At least one chess book author has called it the most overrated chess move ever.

I nominate 21...Nef6 Liren v. Aronian 9/27/2017 Rd 7 World Cup as the best move ever

varelse1

Jul 5, 2018

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#52

Ron Weasley to h3, check!

BISHOP_e3

May 20, 2019

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#53

Most brilliant move of all time?

checkmateibeatu · 2011-08-24T17:12:38-07:00

I am not doing votes on this one. What do you think is the most brilliant move of all time? Discuss.

A prune with LSD would do the trick.

DaveOakRidges

May 20, 2019

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#54

Kramnik bringing extra lighting to a game against Topolov.

Maybe not brilliant but illuminating , LEDs now would be brilliant.

IMKeto

May 20, 2019

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#55

I have always been partial to Marshalls 23.Qg3

kindaspongey

May 20, 2019

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#56

Has checkmateibeatu been here since 2011?

blueemu

May 21, 2019

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#57

Not sure about the most brilliant, but the concluding move of Reti-Bogoljubov New York 1924 has to be one of the prettiest moves ever played.

imboardletsplaychess

May 22, 2019

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#58

The most briliant move of all time is “to move on”!

Olga4615

Feb 22, 2021

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#59

i dont think that qg3 is the best move]

blueemu

Feb 22, 2021

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#60

DamonevicSmithlov wrote:

There's a brilliant game by Alekhine but I can't remember the details. It might've been against Reti.

The one where he sacrificed three Queens? Bogoljubov vs Alekhine, Hastings 1922.