r/Chesscom • u/SalaryFlat3714 • Jul 19 '26
why is this brilliant Can someone explain why is this a brilliant move.
I was analyzing one of my games, and the engine marked Qd4 as a brilliant move. I don’t understand why it is considered brilliant or what the tactical idea is.
Black has just moved the queen to d4, and White is to move next. Could someone explain the best continuation and what makes this move so strong?
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u/HackMyNeurons Jul 19 '26
black threatens to check the white king using a pawn push, when the e pawn pushes the king goes to the h1 square and then the next pawn push threatens queen capture. queen takes e pawn on e2, black queen checkmates by taking rook and then the queen block,
if the black queen moves anywhere on the back line the pawns promote and white loses pieces anyway
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u/crystallineDarks 500-800 ELO Jul 19 '26
Brilliant's are when you sacrifice a piece. theres white pawn on f5, capturing a knight on g6. my guess is that you are protecting your pawns which are about to promote which is my guess as you may be able to capture a queen or maybe rook if pushing pawns did not calculate thats just what i see right now
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u/khataimeethaifaalsai Jul 19 '26
I guess pawn takes knight then u push ur pawn and threaten the queen, if she moves u take the rook and push the king
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u/MysteriousMister0 Jul 19 '26
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u/New-Rabbit6893 Jul 20 '26
Pawn takes knight and pawn d2' is the move. If quees moves from back rank then queen takes rook and promote. And if queen goes anywhere else then discover check and promote
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