The Dirty Truth About Brilliant Moves...

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[@barryhomeowner9293]

"We all love clicking game review and letting it show us how brilliant we are" "243 blunders"

[@bingobeego]

WHAT AND HOW

[@Oranookies]

"In the 10 move"

[@scappley1735]

it's more impressive to win with 243 blunders than 2 brilliant moves

[@dj_koen1265]

@@scappley1735 it takes 2 to blunder to win a lost game

[@fernovo4303]

@@dj_koen1265 ive gotten 11 blunders and won💀

[@Jesse1996]

21:32 the reason the pawn marching forward is a brilliant move is because it inspires a whole KZbin video

[@sirakses]

😂

[@murademinli3001]

İ think it is because it gives a knight an escape route

[@NeroGrimmlock]

@@murademinli3001 That's what I was thinking. It covers Nc2. That's all I got though.

[@Slav4o911]

It's because this pawn is getting close to become a queen. Also by sacrificing the rook queen gets in a very good position to destroy the white, by controlling the best diagonal and on the other end of the diagonal are all white pieces there for the taking.

[@NeroGrimmlock]

@@Slav4o911 Just because it's on the 3rd rank, it's not much of a queen threat. I don't think that's it at all.

[@JajaofAbuja]

This is heartbreaking. At 1278 ELO I only last week reached the peak of my chess career receiving my first Brilliant move. Now Sensei says my brilliant move means nothing 😭😭😭

[@joaquinquintos6542]

I reached mine at 500 I was so proud and now it means nothing 😢

[@Takashi.....]

he isn't saying that brilliant moves meant nothing

[@JajaofAbuja]

@@Takashi..... Lol. You had to explain.

[@Takashi.....]

@@JajaofAbuja bruh he isn't saying brilliant move are not brilliant he is just saying that some brilliant move does nothing

[@Takashi.....]

@@JajaofAbuja also every brilliant move does something good for future or in present as you can see at the bishop brilliant move is does benefit to white

[@SN-oe6qz]

I think pawn to d3 is a brilliant move because it gives an escape square for the knight which was otherwise trapped in the corner

[@borysthecuber7339]

Great move

[@rock21611]

It also gives the bishop a view of the knights current position.

[@afailureiwanttobefamousy-sn1vl]

I also see checkmate im pretty sure

[@afailureiwanttobefamousy-sn1vl]

On this part 2:28

[@darknessdragon270]

Still, you're blundering a rook

[@jeffreyepiscopo]

Levy a few days ago: “I solved chess” Levy today: “chess is fascinating and endless”

[@sachinsomasundaram7093]

Then you never solve chess to the fullest.

[@Kitsune_Chess1]

Lmao

[@matveyfuks]

Loop

[@Alex-hb7im]

yea it's called click baite

[@xelinxbb7290]

I remember when I told my 200 elo friend about game review and first time he used game review his opponent made 3 brilliant moves and those "brilliant" moves were taking 3 pawns with a queen. Edit: so a lot of people think that when he took the pawns with a queen there was a piece hanging and I didn't see it, but no literally nothing was hanging he took 3 FREE pawns

[@Thetravelingmonke]

One brilliant move i had was moving a pawn, it did literally nothing didnt attack or open anything up it just gave a brilliant for free

[@KingJinzo2125]

I had a brilliant move once that was nothing but developing my knight from its starting position

[@paper2979]

@@Thetravelingmonke welcome to the chess engine, it’s bad

[@P7RO1]

I had a brilliant move where I castled long.

[@xsemisx]

Could you do better?

[@vasmcplays]

It is definitely elo based. I had two brilliant moves in a row, but when I checked the game again after going up around 200 elo, suddenly only one of them was brilliant.

[@thyblackpanther]

It is prob elo based but every time that u run a game review,even of the same game the results can change slightly

[@bigfootsburneraccount9160]

​@@thyblackpanthertrue it once said I made zero blunders in a game but later changed to one

[@asinineintentions7773]

@@bigfootsburneraccount9160 yeah i frequently finish games and it's like "SIX BLUNDERS" and then i open review and it's like "0 blunders 4 mistakes :)"

[@whatdoinamethischannel9749]

The higher the rating the harder brilliant moves are to attain

[@Thatonegamer182]

Im only 400 and never got any but I got a lot of great moves

[@raphdm3776]

You don’t need to be at a disadvantage to get a brilliant move, it just needs to be a forcing and creative sacrifice. Great moves, however, occur when any other move is bad, so some are easy to find and others difficult. I would say that a third of the brilliant moves are also great moves

[@shaunthedcoaddict1656]

Sacrificing queen = great move 💀

[@MistaMyers]

@@shaunthedcoaddict1656 Sacrificing rook for checkmate in 1 = Good ☠

[@Augcabi]

​@@shaunthedcoaddict1656are you sayong its a great move or the dark blue single ! (best award u can geet imo)

[@Memeened]

Knight sacrifice threatening fork= good SKULLEMOJIIII

[@kylebehiels3963]

Had a brilliant move yesterday. Thanks Levi, can always count on you to break my heart.

[@Eric_Reborn]

If he didn't tell you the truth he'd be doing you a disservice leading you into more and more confusion

[@marcoapetre1495]

😂😂😂😂😆😆

[@BagelsGamingOnline]

It's the least he can do when you can't even spell his name right...

[@Dummigame]

Levi 💀

[@christhegreat5966]

Levi 🤡

[@chesscrush]

The weirdest thing though is that a few years back, a brillant move actually was a move that wasn't even seen by Stockfish at first. Only after a few second of looking at the position and realizing that "your move" was better than "Stockfish's top choice" it was deemed brillant. Those were some of the best times because it actually meant you played a really really good move and it felt absolutely awesome to get one. Nowadays you just leave your pieces hanging and all of the sudden you are a genius. Kinda sad

[@Zulk_RS]

How is it even possible to make a move that is better than Stockfish's top choice? Is it something like a depth thing? Or is it more like the "Stockfish best move" is a very computer move that is only the best if you play like Stockfish but is otherwise bad in a game between two humans?

[@chesscrush]

@@Zulk_RS it's a move that stockfish misevaluates and only with time it realizes that's it's really really good. Didn't happen very often but when it did it felt amazing

[@Catman_321]

How does that work though? Doesn't stockfish determine the quality of a move in the first place? Or do they use a different engine/higher depth to see what happens

[@supC_]

They should bring this back. Made way more sense than the current system.

[@brendancobb9414]

Stock fish is set to a cheers in depth. So if it calculates 18 moves down the line and says A is the best move, but you play B, now 18 moves down the line is 1 more move than before. So if the evaluation changes with that extra bit of depth, the move is deemed brilliant.

[@skylermccracken1534]

Dude. I gotta say, where were these 300-500 elo when I was climbing... No one is nearly this lost when I was playing

[@Nightly_Night]

Nowadays 1000s literally get estimates of 1600 on game review. I think the ratings r doing the opposite of inflating and now the lower ratings r way stronger

[@macnolds4145]

I'm old school and view the "brilliant" exclam (and especially double exclam) as requiring much more than an immediate tactical combo. It has to be something unbelievable, incredibly difficult to spot during a real game, and "surprisingly" effective. Something like Kasparov's Rxd4 in his immortal game is what's required.

[@64chess]

I think there should be one additional level of !!! and ???. A move like Kasparov’s should be “legendary” and quite literally be nearly impossible to achieve for a human. ??? should be any incredibly obvious blunder that throws away an otherwise completely winning game into a now easily lost one.

[@igorswies5913]

that's what brilliant moves were before an update

[@mateussilva635]

@@64chess Instead of inflating even more categories those legendary moves you mentioned should be brilliant instead. Like a 0.0001 percent stuff.

[@JC-ox8yl]

At the end of the day it's an algorithm it will never be fully accurate and precise. For example I sacrificed a bishop in the hopes my opponent would take with the queen and not the king which made sense due to not castling yet, allowing me to get a fork on the king and queen. The computer regarded my bishop sacrifice as an inaccuracy. You see.

[@igorswies5913]

@@JC-ox8yl trading a bishop for revoking your opponent's castling rights isn't always a good deal, I'd say it rarely is

[@ae-co5ue]

I think 21:32 is brilliant because the pawn makes a safe square (c2) for the knight to escape (while losing the rook)

[@sidroblox398]

but isnt saving the rook better than saving the knight tho..

[@ae-co5ue]

​@@sidroblox398 stockfish probably thinks that a knight next to the opponents king is more valuable than a rook doing nothing

[@GDTheRedTiger]

its only brilliant cuz its one of the top (i think 3) moves and it sacrifices material

[@sierpinskibrot]

@@sidroblox398 if bishop takes rook you lose 5pts of material but take back 3 (-2 overall), if you let the knight ve taken you lose 3 points overall

[@kalestra4198]

@@sidroblox398 but you are not only saving the knight, you are also capturing the bishop (if we assume black knight would be captured it’s -2 material while saving black knight is +1 material advantage)

[@arizimal]

My friend and I were once playing a game of chess and when we checked the review it said that me castling was a brilliancy, so now any time one of us castles we yell "brilliant move!"

[@paleposter]

as you should

[@Redskies453]

THE ROOOOOOK jumps the king and he moves two which is cool and now I'm safe badabing badaboom

[@tylerdurden-ch8ip]

as the chess god intended

[@Mysza404]

I remember I once got a brilliancy from castling, because I wanted to prevent a pawn from becoming a queen. I found the match recently and now it's only an excellent move.

[@ninemars5124]

My first ever brilliant move was castling as well. I just played it because I didn’t know what else to do lmaooo

[@mikjelis8767]

I believe that, considering it's a game between 300s, move d3 (21:12) is considered a brilliant move because of the fact that there are ways that the player with the black pieces can still checkmate the opponent by not taking the bishop on a8. The move sequence would (possibly) be like this: Bf2 d3 Bxa8 Bc3 Nxc3 bxc3 Rh4 Nc2 Kc1 Qg5+ Kb1 Na3+ Ka1 Qc1# Alternative: ... Ka1 c2 Bd4 Qc1# But, only if something like that happens. Of course, there's probably another sequence of moves available that would lead to a checkmate, but that's for the 300s to try and find which will never happen :D

[@Jwhiz24]

It's been my experience that the easiest way to get a brilliant move evaluation is to sacrifice a piece offensively to crack open the king's position.

[@willblomeier8403]

I think the reason d3 at 21:12 is a brilliant move is because it helps the trapped knight on a1 escape.

[@alejandroviciedo8817]

agree

[@poopoo69000]

That’s what I’m thinking

[@stEv3900]

Also note that the knight is close to the king and more useful than the hanging rook. The rook is not contributing enough to black's advantage and therefore it's better to lose it. A 1234 elo can guess this.

[@SCoraccioIV]

I think it's white takes rook, queen g5, bishop e3? to stop the mate(?), queen takes bishop on e3, knight e2 to hope the queen walks into the trap, queen takes knight, king cant take or move, mate. Or something, the line seems like the only thing that makes sense.

[@Blinkers2007GameDev]

@@stEv3900 yeah but it shouldn't be that brilliant because you could probably save the rook and still save the knight level. It wasn't worth being brilliant

[@wuwucrafter1693]

When you see the elefant gambit, you know it’s either played by a 500, or it’s just Hikaru disrespecting his opponent

[@OneOverPi]

"Suddenly you're barely better, but then your opponent blunders all their pieces and they lose anyway" - Levi 2023

[@BrunoBorges]

"One of them is not even 600. I'm simply rounding up..." - LOL

[@zachowland]

Not only is the algorithm for brilliant moves connected to the ELO of the player, the estimated ELO at the end of the game is as well. For example, take the game Magnus played a couple weeks ago that estimated he played at a 3400-level. If you copy the PGN and remove the ELO for both players from it and run it through the Game Review again, it will say he played at a 2500-level.

[@ahmedsalah-vt1mt]

Yes the Estimated elo is connected to players elo but *no* brilliant moves are not I tried playing games (that other higher and lower players had brilliant move in) move by move from 0 and it still gave me the same result

[@GrandIens]

I LOVE YOU!!! FINALKY SOMEONE WH UNDERSTANDS I'M TIRED OF SEEING NOOBS FLEXING THEIR BRILLIANT MOVES THAT ARE JUST DISCOVER ATTACKS AND THEN SAYING “OH LOOK STOCKFISH THINKS IM -- ELO OMG”

[@firstlast8858]

If the estimated elo is tied to your existing elo... Doesn't that kind of defeat the point?

[@GrandIens]

@@firstlast8858 Exactly

[@GrandIens]

@@ahmedsalah-vt1mt from what elo?

[@pi_man3]

Levy never fails to make us unexist. Edit: how did i get 1.7k likes lol

[@user-re7ep5jb6u]

Pin of shame before it's even pinned?

[@Drogon7102]

​@@user-re7ep5jb6uno

[@notspookee8548]

Pin of unexisting

[@Anonymous-dh2ze]

Pin of disappointment

[@JustSomeUserHereOnYt]

Pin of shame?

[@williamjasper2734]

21:12 I can’t explain the brilliant move rating, but I can say it does 2 things: 1) protects the active knight and gives it a space to escape from the corner. 2) It is a passed pawn that would limit the mobility of the king. Ironically, in an analysis, the recommended move for white is Bishop g3. I really can’t explain it.

[@Daniella_Watch_me_live_for]

I remember when I told my 200 elo friend about game review and first time he used game review his opponent made 3 brilliant moves and those "brilliant" moves were taking 3 pawns with a queen.

[@EM-kn9im]

bobby fischer esque player right there 😂

[@honchkrowabcd]

i bet his opponents knight was hanging the entire time but if ur friend took it his opponent could somehow checkmate him or something

[@MasterBeiberEverything]

One time I played Queen to G3 and got a brilliant, and for some reason people began throwing gold coins on my board. Weird stuff.

[@dupiglupi2355]

Hey i think someone stole your story im not sure who tho

[@luckysnakerivals3220]

master beiber????? are you the guy named freddie??? :0

[@abanoubraouf6959]

8:03, The thing about this move is that it's brilliant if you actually had the right plan, the ai wasn't actually trying to sack the rook but rather wanted to sacrifice the bishop for the knight and after that you can simply move the queen before using the rook to threaten both bishops, even if black knew your plan after sacrificing the bishop and moving the queen it still puts you in a very good position since you now control the center.

[@radwanakel9173]

I once got three brilliant moves in a game , two of which were pawn moves and the third was an unintentional rook sacrifice but the only move i really calculated thoroughly trapping the queen and winning it losing a bishop in the plan

[@ironeagle0209]

8:04 BISHOP B2222222......😂😂😂 man I can't 😂😂

[@iconicnacho4566]

i think pawn push is brilliant because it allows you safely remove your more active piece from the corner(the knight) to safety while ignoring your less active piece(the rook)

[@finercanada8077]

21:35 not only it puts an important pawn on a safer square, it protects the knite. I think it was supposed to be a Very good move (!) than briliand (!!)

[@Mantafirefly]

I think part of the algorithm is that brilliant moves are moves that are given as *terrible* moves by the engine on a shallow search depth but then turn out to be the best one for that scenario at a much greater depth. It's trying to mimic how humans see great moves, ones that look unintuitive or just bad at first glance but then turn out to be amazing when you think them through.

[@sirmixalittle9979]

13:29 My favorite part of a chess game, when my opponent gets diarrhea in the middle of a match

[@YourAverageAmerican345]

A 1600 elo play somehow managed to do a better rook sac than levy has. I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT WAS POSSIBLE

[@amr_hassaan855]

I swear I am 1900 and still shocked that 1600 has found such a move, insane

[@achronicstudent]

I guess 22:04 is a brilliant move because it's enabling the night at the corner to escape safetly because the king cannot capture it while it is protecting by a pawn

[@koltarus3561]

At 436 I got my first brilliant move and I actually saw it. Was a knight move around mid opening that GUARANTEED the queen. It was beautiful

[@mowerman4530]

Idea for game 2 @ 8:33 : Bb2 is brilliant because the following moves are Bxf7+, unpinning your rook and allowing the queen to develop into the game, and because black lost the queen, white gets a massive advantage. Bb2 is developing the dark squared bishop and blocking an attack on the rook, so that black has no counterplay against Bxf7+ (Kh8 is bad because it lines up with the bishop on b2)

[@steamroy]

I think the last brilliant move is considered as such, cause it provides a safe escape for the knight

[@phantomshitter]

Thats what Im sayin

[@TradeMarkSky]

I received over 20 brilliant moves before reaching 1000, just 6 months after i started playing. Half of these i didn't bother saving because i felt like i did not deserve it, although i do think it would be funny to somehow re-visit them one day.

[@mitchellwelch9135]

There should be three types of move notifications, brilliant moves- this move puts u in a winning position from a losing position, blunder moves- puts u in a losing position from a winning position, and slick moves- which are moves that enter you into a mate in 3 scenario. All other moves are neutral. That would solve all the interpretive issues in question. However in post game it is very handy to be able to see a statistical breakdown of each move you made and how it stacks up with other games where that move was also played.

[@wilbalt_690]

The last brilliant move was probably because it helps the knight escape from being trapped, Knight to c2 and then move out of there because pawn protects that knight which means king can’t take? Idk I’m thinking it out as a 560 ELO myself

[@witheringhs7766]

this would make sense... if the rook wasnt hanging on a8 lol

[@abear8504]

I was thinking maybe like ignore the bishop taking your rook. Move your bishop c3 to sacrifice the knight take to push your b pawn to c3 and then push that pawn up to c2 check then d2 check protected by Queen and guarantee a promotion?

[@NandaArtnesta]

as a 4850 elo I can confirm thats a brilliant move, yes bcause the knight is more valuable to supress the opponent's king in the future,, even me I will let my opponent take the rook, cause i dont need the rook in that position,, already winning position,, the white's bishop is a valuable defense for white and will make black's attack take more time for winning,, so just trade it with rook

[@oishiine6781]

Imo the point is actually Qf6, which hits the bishop on f2 and the b2 square, allowing Qb2 with tempo. White is essentially getting mated.

[@scottwhitman9868]

@@NandaArtnesta totally legit elo

[@Swish_prodz]

Love your content, you shouldn’t quit you’ve inspired so many people to play chess including me

[@aldocort3418]

But you're a basketball fanatic!😂

[@nicholasbinsar1673]

He won’t quit. He makes too much money from yt

[@Swish_prodz]

@@aldocort3418 but I like chess too lol

[@joshuahietala5174]

@@aldocort3418 So is Levy

[@WRSHP]

@@aldocort3418what’s the problem with b-ball?

[@xarasvii6737]

Just because the player doesn't know it was a brilliant move doesn't mean it wasn't a brilliant move.

[@mohammedalkhars9433]

I got a pawn protected by a horse forking two Queens then got mated

[@TheNuke285]

5:09 bro Levy what is that sound💀

[@mafiatanmay3503]

💀 *SUS* 💀

[@pac12shorts90]

Just yesterday had a brilliant I didn't quite understand in the position, it seems interesting now to look at this as how to evaluate on how it applies in the actual game, thanks Levy!

[@DDP-Gaming]

They actually quite a few months ago changed how brilliant moves show up, usually it was a strong positional move or a winning sacrifice but now it is such that a brilliant move is just a sacrifice of a piece if the evaluation does not change much

[@ratnesh5035]

I think the last one was a brilliant because moving the pawn ensure the safe return of the knight, protects the passed pawn from being taken that is threatening to promote while sacrifing their own rook to create an attack . I'm sure black definitely didn't think all of that and completely forgot their rook was hanging but i guess at the level of stock fish its the best move that maintains an advantage even after a rook sacrifice and creates an attack

[@ianorr1388]

"Oh hey, I got my first brilliant move-" Levy: BRILLIANT MOVES ARE A LIE.

[@proboraoyunda5060]

For the brilliant move in the fourth game the olgorithm count Ba6 as a bishop sacrifice hence counting it as a brilliancy

[@sirsupersaif6641]

At 20:42 yes black was up as the white one called Elizabeth died😂😂

[@jedi_jo_9015]

at 8:45 where the rook sack comes in with the queen check, maybe that b2 bishop move was considered brilliant bc it kind of helps set up checkmate a few moves ahead? could be wrong though

[@calebcummings]

8:05 I think the brilliancy there was that the bishop sees g7 at 8:56. If it wasn't on b2, then Re8 could be met by ...Nc7, Qxf7 Kh8, since Qxg7 mate is only possible because the bishop is on b2.

[@Electronem1]

Bishop seeing g7 is a positional advantage and not a "out of the box" idea, so it def doesnt deserve the brilliant annotation

[@conallprince6471]

I don't know what that sequence of moves is, because for example there is not a knight that sees c7, but Bb2 also blocks Bd4 which threatens a rook.

[@Youssef-iu8dn]

6:45 Black wants to develop the rook by teleporting

[@viktormyslikovjan5938]

Thank you…. I really needed video like this because sometimes I was thinking really hard why some Of my move are brilliant without any justifiable reason…

[@thuroria7631]

The d3 in the last game is a brilliant move because after Bxa8 Qf6 it clears the diagonal for the queen which allows Qb2 and for the queen to then threaten checkmate. After Qf6, stockfish gives this a forced mate in 19. Yeah, probably not something a 300 would think about.

[@light_rll]

i never get tired of your videos, and the blunders the players do, the brilliants... just keep up the good wok man

[@MildChedder]

Yo Gotham, I love your videos and you’ve helped me improve my chess game so much. Thank you. ❤❤

[@galkanftw]

On the WHY...I am too lazy to study the position for too long but the pawn allows the Knight to get out while he is otherwise trapped.There is also literally no way to remove that pawn.There is also a 3 sequence move involving the blk Q G5>C1 supported by B to B2.Escape sq would be E2 but is blocked by the pawn.

[@shahrozrahman3078]

I think in last game pawn to d3 was brilian because it helps knight in the corner get back in the game

[@darnit006]

Thanks for letting us pick the next video! BTW I had my first brilliant move recently (700 rated) and it turned out to be a placeholder move while I spend more time thinking. I did not use that brilliant move to its full potential.

[@advaitkamath8442]

You should still do the 50 year old man who beat hikaru and magnus! That will be great

[@me_at_ball]

agreed

[@ErrolTownsend1]

Yeah agreed 👍

[@petricaleksa]

thats probably about vishy anand, boring

[@FranXiT]

He should DO HIM? 🤨

[@advaitkamath8442]

@@FranXiT 💀

[@scorpplays8778]

I think it might be because you can save the knight on a1 after retaking the bishop (on the 300 elo brilliancy)

[@norbertjambor2181]

I think pawn to d3 is a brilliant move because it gives an escape square for the knight which was otherwise trapped in the corner AND save the pawn and if bishop takes then queen takes and this is the best attacking position what you can make.

[@greenglade47]

I've been looking forward to this one so much 😂 thanks Gotham!

[@jojolords4523]

The important part of brilliant moves is that the evaluation doesn't drop, meaning that it's the top or one of the top engine moves that includes a piece sacrifice.

[@user-xp1mg8vh7i]

21:20: It is probably a brilliant move because you are losing material with the rook and bishop trade on a1, yet it is still the best move according to the computer.

[@AFRAAZZZ]

levy may not be pregnant but he never fails to deliver

[@soggos732]

may

[@aldocort3418]

This comment may not be original, but it never fails to make us laugh!

[@xxs1lentk1ller30]

@@aldocort3418 nah

[@SEBithehiper945]

Touch grass, please!

[@JuanSus-ld4gy]

@@aldocort3418 your sense of humor is very bad

[@superjrob1433]

21:21 I think it saves the knight but I'm not sure. I don't think it should be brilliant though

[@KenFullman]

22:32 I think the reason d3 is awarded "brilliant move" is because it allows the black knight to escape from the corner (by moving to c2 on the next move)

[@blindboiofficial]

8:01 is one of the reasons I love watching levy vids

[@manabuhorikita969]

I once played a game against an opponent who played a "brilliant" move against me, the game was a hard struggle with low king safety for the both of us and a lot of loose pieces. I actually won that game and thought I would get a brilliant move after finding a beautiful tactical defense, where after my king was checked I sacced my knight to force the queen on an akward square and expose her to several tactics if he chose to take the it. For some reason that move ws considered a ok move by the engine at low depth, and tried to argue that my opponent was better after keeping the pin on the knight and trying to expand on the king side. After analysing the line, it appear that the plan actually went nowhere. What's more the engine said at much higher depth that my move was the only winnng one for me.

[@saltdestroyer]

I love the part when Levy said "it's bozo time" and bozoed all over the board

[@notdumbboi5027]

When I saw that I bozoed all over my room

[@giacomoswift2975]

moai🗿

[@abandonedOG]

the algorithm probably detects if you sacrifice a piece and it just so happens to be the best (or 2nd best) move

[@criticallapis8702]

I got a brilliant move for just playing the fried liver, that’s when I knew the metrics were broken

[@masobe6425]

My 300 elo friend once got a brilliant move for taking a pawn that was "guarded" by a knight (which was very obviously pinned to the queen) and yes the guy took with the knight and lost their queen

[@nerf.miner1]

Fun fact: if your opponent plays the Damiano and you take with the knight you get a brilliant move. At least at 870 it does

[@iammatthew4797]

Got back to back brilliants in

[@Arben07]

4:06 I love the subtle plug of his course

[@brantnuttall]

22:41 I think I've worked it out: opens the diagonal for the bishop.

[@oishiine6781]

Even better: it opens the diagonal for the queen. Imagine you had a queen on b2. White would be slaughtered. d3 allows you to play Qf6, attacking the bishop on f2. If the bishop moves or is defended, you play Qb2! and white is getting mated or losing everything. It's a nice move, actually.

[@NottGabbe]

I see what you mean. But black still was already winning. And the bishob would not help in mating

[@oscarjespersen5109]

12:03 legendary mcdonald comment lol

[@darkthunder312]

In one of my calculus classes we needed to do an online homework, and I was so done with trigonometry I just put 2/3 as the answer and it happened to be right. Brilliant move!!

[@randalledwards529]

21:30 The plan is to not even take back when the bishop takes and just plant your queen on f6 and threaten checkmate. Granted it's mate in 9 so the 300's would never find it, but it is a forced checkmate rook sacrifice. The one and only response is to bring the bishop back to f3 after capturing the rook, then queen b2, knight g2, pawn takes knight check, king moves to e1, queen takes knight check, king takes pawn, queen takes rook. This series leaves white down on the exchange 5 points, two knights and a rook for rook and pawn, just to avoid mate. Of course its still mate in like 30 moves, but plenty of time for another blunder to swing the game all the way back.

[@cwsurvivor5434]

Brilliant moves are the single greatest achievements in my life, dont do this to me

[@rage2904]

22:16 Their silence is deafening

[@DJNightchild]

The ratings of moves is indeed based on ELO. I suspected it for a while, so I uploaded the same PGN of a game multiple times, but changed the ELO rating. Suddenly a move which was earlier considered a "Great Move" was later rated Good or even a inaccuracy.

[@frozone-lk6cp]

8:05 bruh Levy tryna flex his muscles and be Hulk 🤣🤣🤣

[@marcjosephtan2664]

Imagine going home from a long day and seeing Gotham upload a video. My heart can't be happier.

[@pi_man3]

My reaction to somehow getting 1.7k likes in 12hrs (my second most was 42 over a long time, idk how i got it)

[@poopypoox3468]

I get burnt out on chess all the time even though I love it, but then I watch one of Levy's videos and it completely regenerates my passion for it. Thanks, man

[@pankajsharma7511]

Pawn to d6 is brilliant move because of knight to e7 probably removing the knight from the corner and a strong queen presense in the middle files of the board

[@kyuurijo]

12:06 That is very much so the case. There's a blog post where they talk about what constitutes a Brilliant move from the perspective of their algorithm, and they note several times that they take Elo rating into consideration because what constitutes a brilliant move from a GM is quite a bit different from what constitutes a brilliant move from a new player. And the other major point of note is that it necessitates a sacrifice (or at least it necessitates the engine believing that your intention was to sacrifice a piece). So yeah, overall it seems a bit wonky, but I get what they're going for.

[@parkerwalsh3340]

Thank you! You’ve taken my elo from barely 500 to almost 1300

[@solpport4276]

Levy is revealing his real identity of a greek god with that new cut 👀

[@powerpanda9052]

I once had 3 brilliant moves from literal king moves

[@jojolords4523]

8:16 that's a Brilliant move, because the Rook could be taken by the Bishop and check how the evaluation stays at 3.8. Any other move would make the evaluation drop.

[@shortshortshort]

Great video. Advanced math tests are usually not four option questions in my experience, but I get your point :)

[@ErrolTownsend1]

Thank you Gotham for everything you do and how funny you are your magnificent at what you do

[@loengrind789]

Yesterday I played 2.Ke2 and the opponent resigned immediately. Stockfish didn't see it as a brilliant move, although it gave a crushing victory.

[@chessfanhehe]

once my opponent played a brilliant move and all of my advantage dropped. I won that game.

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

The last pawn move was brilliant because it was a saving move to help the knight escape from the corner.

[@milannesic5718]

That is not brilliant. That is normal move

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

@@milannesic5718 fine, but levy seemed overly confused as to why that move had any merit at all, it was a good move, if not brilliant.

[@ryroller9394]

My guess for that last game is that the move was brilliant because it allows you to let your knight escape the corner without being captured?

[@kekkek1911]

Was that really your idea or are you just stealing the idea of the most liked comment. And guess what, black won't safe the knight. He is going for checkmate