Showed up in my feed on another site.
I’m assuming it’s expecting Qxb5, Nxc7+ with a royal fork. But what’s stopping c6 or Nc6 instead, keeping the black Queen in a position to protect c7?
c6, Qc3
1.) xb5, Nc7+ and get their rook (unless they decide to take their queen for your knight)
2.) xd4, get their queen (so yeah 1. will happen)
If they to for Nc6 you also can respond with Qc3 and win the knight (or the queen), unless they do Bb7, then you don’t win anything but are in a very good position (very aggressive and they can’t move anything away without losing material)
Bb7 looks good after Qc3. Still feels like there’s something here to me but it’s not simple imo.
- You’re basically trading a knight and a bishop for a rook in this case, plus black gets an active center. Dunno if that is a very good trade.
I cannot find a reason why Bb6 would be brilliant. Just grabbing the center with d4 or castling seems like the better option.
probably because it’s a sacrifice and if they take the bait it’s a triple fork. even if they don’t take the bait it leaves you in a better position. don’t know about the brilliant algorithm of chess.com but it’s probably a move above the player’s level.
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Yeah, Stockfish doesn’t consider it a brilliant move at all. Evaluation swings from +2.6 to +1.6.
Instead of Bb5, SF recommends grabbing the center with d4 or castling.
Yeah, Stockfish doesn’t consider it a brilliant move at all
Interesting. So was the screenshot that showed up in my feed faked, then?
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I’m usually bad at chess, please point out if I’m wrong:
c6 -> Ba4: bishop is safe, pin stands
queen can’t take because:
c6 -> Ba4 -> Qxa4: Rook and pawn for a BishopNc6: Knight is pinned
Nc6 -> c4 -> a6 -> Ba4 and then push pawns? That’s something I’d have done.
But realistically, I think pin, potential for blunder and applying pressure could be enough for a brilliant move, depending on rating.
When queen takes the bishop u can fork with the horse, or am I missing something there?
Black doesn’t have to take.
Oh ye I didnt see the text 😅