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1 hour ago, ancientnoise said:

Thanks @Aim Here

Starting the cup (not the 960) about halfway through the league schedule was popular.

If you're happy with that greenie this post and I'll get it organised.

And maybe another 960 at the end or in about there somewhere?

Shameless attempt at popular post of the week. But have greenied nonetheless. 

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17 minutes ago, The Other Foot said:

Shameless attempt at popular post of the week. But have greenied nonetheless. 

Ha, yes, Hoping that 16 or 24 greenies will get me into P&B Gold.

You're in. What's your handle on chess.com?

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Anyone noticed that it seems easier to get a move rated as brilliant on chess.com now?

Here's an example from blitz game I just completed.  Black has just played c5 - a blunder.

Can you spot my next move which was rated as brilliant? It either wins a pawn or if black falls for the trap there is a mate in 2 to follow.

 

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Division A Round 1 result

Dearyme wins against KenDeans by resignation.

@Ken Deans Thanks for the game, I was slightly better coming out of the opening and then Ken played a speculative f6 and the kingside began to crumble. 

Speaking of brilliant moves I got one for sacrificing an exchange in my game against Ken which wasn't brilliant. It was the whole idea of the moves I played. The brilliant move was a couple of moves before which allowed me to play for the sac. 

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9 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

Anyone noticed that it seems easier to get a move rated as brilliant on chess.com now?

Here's an example.  Black has just played c5 - a blunder.

Can you spot my next move which was rated as brilliant? It either wins a pawn or if black falls for the trap there is a mate in 2 to follow.

 

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Nxe5? If Bxd1, Bxf7+ Ke7 Nd5++

I tried to make the old Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ng5+ trick work to win the g4 Bishop but Qxg5 is pretty effective.

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5 minutes ago, Trogdor said:

Division A Round 1 result

Dearyme wins against KenDeans by resignation.

@Ken Deans Thanks for the game, I was slightly better coming out of the opening and then Ken played a speculative f6 and the kingside began to crumble. 

Speaking of brilliant moves I got one for sacrificing an exchange in my game against Ken which wasn't brilliant. It was the whole idea of the moves I played. The brilliant move was a couple of moves before which allowed me to play for the sac. 

I've noticed this as well - move rated brilliant when it was actually a move 2 or 3 moves back that created the sac.

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Just now, Trogdor said:

Nxe5? If Bxd1, Bxf7+ Ke7 Nd5++

I tried to make the old Bxf7+ Kxf7 Ng5+ trick work to win the g4 Bishop but Qxg5 is pretty effective.

Correct.

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And then black fell for the trap.

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I follow up.

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Black only has one move.

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And mate (which is rated as a great move but obvious to me).

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2 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said:

Anyone noticed that it seems easier to get a move rated as brilliant on chess.com now?

Here's an example from blitz game I just completed.  Black has just played c5 - a blunder.

Can you spot my next move which was rated as brilliant? It either wins a pawn or if black falls for the trap there is a mate in 2 to follow.

 

The algorithm changed a few months back. It used to be that if your move was evaluated by stockfish as a better position after you do it than before, then you got a brilliancy. Nobody on the planet could ever understand why it was brilliant.

Nowadays, it's just a sacrificial move that wins if you look 2 or 3 moves ahead.

The real truth lies somewhere in between, but getting a machine to figure it out is not easy.

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Division A Table and Fixtures

Division A P W D L Pts
DearyMe 1 1 0 0 3
AH13STU 0 0 0 0 0
AimHere 0 0 0 0 0
AlbinoRov 0 0 0 0 0
ancientnoise 0 0 0 0 0
Arabjoe 0 0 0 0 0
beef2711 0 0 0 0 0
invergowrie 0 0 0 0 0
stewartmathers 0 0 0 0 0
The_Curmudgeon 0 0 0 0 0
The_kid1433 0 0 0 0 0
KenDeans 1 0 0 1 0

 

 

Only one fixture in so far, and, as usual, that means DearyMe is sitting at the top of the table


Round 3
invergowrie vs beef2711
KenDeans vs stewartmathers
The_Curmudgeon vs Arabjoe
DearyMe vs The_kid1433
AH13STU vs AlbinoRov
ancientnoise vs AimHere

Round 4
stewartmathers vs invergowrie
beef2711 vs The_Curmudgeon
The_kid1433 vs KenDeans
Arabjoe vs AH13STU
AimHere vs DearyMe
AlbinoRov vs ancientnoise

 

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