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tpr

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50 Qh6+ is a pretty move, but not brilliant, as it is no quiet move.
If this position were submitted to a composition contest for checkmate in 2 problems, then it would get no prize or award as the move is no quiet move.

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1848607 50 Qh6+ is a pretty move, but not brilliant, as it is no quiet move. If this position were submitted to a composition contest for checkmate in 2 problems, then it would get no prize or award as the move is no quiet move.

justme23

Brilliant the last move before the Blunder

ceblair edited

"Brilliant" is subjective. One issue is whether it was at least somewhat new at the time it was played. I suggest as brilliancies that did not involve sacrifices Reti's use of Qa1 and a Karpov Ba7 that allowed him to double rooks on the a-file. Is "Brilliant" synonymous with "beautiful"? There's a book by Levitt and Friedgood that offers some thoughts on this stuff.

IamNOTamod

"What is brilliant? means what is aesthetic / beautiful"

And aesthetic and beautiful do not have set definitions. Therefore what is brilliant to one may not be to another. No-one has the right to say what is brilliant and what is not (within reasonable bounds, of course).

"What is brilliant? means what is aesthetic / beautiful" And aesthetic and beautiful do not have set definitions. Therefore what is brilliant to one may not be to another. No-one has the right to say what is brilliant and what is not (within reasonable bounds, of course).

derkleineJo

"[...] I have attached question marks to the moves which change a winning position into a drawn game, or a drawn position into a losing one, according to my judgement.

A move which changes a winning game into a losing one deserves two question marks (now and then I might for emotional reasons have put two question marks where one would have sufficed; the stupidity shown by these moves has been too incredible for me to be passed by silently).

I have distributed question marks in brackets to moves which are obviously inaccurate and significantly increase the difficulty of the player's task, but do not alter the evaluation of the position.

Sometimes, a series of weak moves occurs; it is problematic to pinpoint the exact moment of the change in evaluation, because it does not happen by precipitation, but in a slide. I hope, that these cases will be sufficiently illuminated by the explanatory text.

There are no exclamation marks, as they serve no useful purpose. The best move should be mentioned in the analysis in any case; an exclamation mark can only serve to indicate the personal excitement of the commentator. I do not want to impose my feelings on the reader, and I leave it up to him when to feel amazed or thrilled, and when not. [...]"

(Robert Hübner - Twenty-five Annotated Games)

"[...] I have attached question marks to the moves which change a winning position into a drawn game, or a drawn position into a losing one, according to my judgement. A move which changes a winning game into a losing one deserves two question marks (now and then I might for emotional reasons have put two question marks where one would have sufficed; the stupidity shown by these moves has been too incredible for me to be passed by silently). I have distributed question marks in brackets to moves which are obviously inaccurate and significantly increase the difficulty of the player's task, but do not alter the evaluation of the position. Sometimes, a series of weak moves occurs; it is problematic to pinpoint the exact moment of the change in evaluation, because it does not happen by precipitation, but in a slide. I hope, that these cases will be sufficiently illuminated by the explanatory text. There are no exclamation marks, as they serve no useful purpose. The best move should be mentioned in the analysis in any case; an exclamation mark can only serve to indicate the personal excitement of the commentator. I do not want to impose my feelings on the reader, and I leave it up to him when to feel amazed or thrilled, and when not. [...]" (Robert Hübner - Twenty-five Annotated Games)