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Can anyone explain why this is a brilliant move? (aussie.zone)

submitted 6 months ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to c/chess@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 6 months ago

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.