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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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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

ITT: Wrong

Unless I've missed something big you are correct; it wins the pawn which is nice, but it's hardly earth shattering as long as black doesn't have a brain fart and take the bishop. According to a quick look with Stockfish:

Bxb5 c6
Ba4 Qb7
c3 Nd7 and black has escaped serious consequences

... c6
Qc3 xB
Nc7+ Kd8
NxR Qb7
O-O Nc6 is bad for white, black has two pieces for a rook and change, and most of white's development has evaporated

... Nc6 is worse for black though
d4 Rb8
Ba4 Ba6
c3 Bb5
BxB RxB
O-O and the attack is over, but black had to scramble to defend and wound up down a pawn with a messed up position

You can try yourself; go to lichess and click the little live-analysis toggle on the left side up above the move list. Stockfish isn't perfect but it's better than any of us here.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, Stockfish doesn’t consider it a brilliant move at all

Interesting. So was the screenshot that showed up in my feed faked, then?