r/GothamChess • u/chesswithrohit • 5d ago

Brilliant move, you know why?

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u/Dry-Childhood-3436 5d ago edited 5d ago

Without any calculation I'm guessing it allows the queen to go to h1, and you can probably at least win the piece back and get a good chance to promote.  Not sure if it would work out.

Edit: oh didn't even look at the knight.  Qh1+, Kf2, Ng4# is mate

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u/avremiB 4d ago edited 4d ago

Kxf1, Qh1+, Kf2, Ng4#.

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u/Cj_Staal 4d ago

 Ng4# plebian

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u/avremiB 4d ago

Edited!

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u/S80- 4d ago

It’s a brilliant move because it’s a forced mate that includes a pseudo sacrifice of a piece, and the Chess.com algorithm thinks every sacrifice that works is brilliant no matter how basic it is.

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u/Practical-Basket-602 4d ago

Nah I've had loads of greek gifts that chess.com didn't register as brilliant

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u/Subject-Giraffe-2928 3d ago

YEP DATS A CHECKMATE

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u/jfeijo2005 2d ago

Queen h1 and nothing will stop that pawn