How to find Brilliant Moves in Chess #1

an easy explanation of brilliant chess moves and how to find them.

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[Lordmewtwo]

0:25 That's not a skewer, that's a pin.

0:57 if taking back the Knight is a blunder, why is white's move awarded a brilliancy?

1:24 Even if white doesn't make the brilliancy (by first trading of the Bishops), can't white just trade the Knight and be fine?

2:24 There was *literally* one way to avoid checkmate (unless it's like forced mate in however many moves): Move the Rook on the f-file to allow Kf1/Ke2. g6 just goes from M1 to M2.

[retrogamer]

0:35 what happens if the king moves to e2 instead? Does it lead to a forced checkmate?

[averagejojofan]

Another common example is saccing a knight or bishop to set up a discovered attack

[iyeding]

what you showed in the first example is a pin though, not a skewer