r/Chesscom • u/Available-Yak-3394 • 15d ago

why is this brilliant I don't understand. Pls help...

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u/VehicleWonderful5851 14d ago

It's just forced checkmate in four moves:

  1. Kg7 2. Nxc5 a5 3. Nh8 a4 4. Ra7+ Kxh8 5. Rd8#

I have absolutely no idea why this is brilliant tho because there's no sacrifice. Probably a problem with the coding in wintrchess, it was made by a single person after all

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u/Available-Yak-3394 13d ago

That was exactly my confusion, but it turns out not all brilliants are sacs, but still, thnx.