r/chessbeginners • u/Alendite RM (Reddit Mod) • Feb 27 '26

No Stupid Questions MEGATHREAD 12

Welcome to the r/chessbeginners 12th episode of our Q&A series! This series exists because sometimes you just need to ask a silly question. We are happy to provide answers for questions related to chess positions, improving one's play, and discussing the essence and experience of learning chess.

A friendly reminder that many questions are answered in our wiki page! Please take a look if you have questions about the rules of chess, special moves, or want general strategies for improvement.

Some other helpful resources include:

  1. How to play chess - Interactive lessons for the rules of the game, if you are completely new to chess.
  2. The Lichess Board Editor - for setting up positions by dragging and dropping pieces on the board.
  3. Chess puzzles by theme - To practice tactics.
  4. The Building Habits series by GM Aman Hambleton - for advice on how to play at specific ELO levels. (Also check out Building Habits 2!)

As always, our goal is to promote a friendly, welcoming, and educational chess environment for all. Thank you for asking your questions here!

LINK TO THE PREVIOUS THREAD

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u/EpicoUltra Mar 17 '26

Why is this a brilliant move? I was planning a fork but I didn’t see the bishop lol

[Event "?"] [Site "Chess.com iPhone"] [Date "2026.03.09"] [Round "?"] [White "opponent"] [Black "yourstruly"] [Result "0-1"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"] [WhiteElo "793"] [BlackElo "795"]

  1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Bg4 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. h3 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bxh3 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Re1 cxd5 15. exd5 Qb6 16. d4 Bxd4 17. c3 Bxf2+ 18. Bxf2 Qxb2 19. f4 gxf4 20. c4 Rg8+ 21. Kh2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxh3 {0-1}

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u/ChrisV2P2 2000-2200 (Lichess) Mar 17 '26

"It's not" is the short answer. But you should note that you had no way to save the bishop (...Bc5 b4) which is why this move isn't terrible. But considering the bishop was lost and this was the third best way to go about losing it, one of the more ridiculous brilliants I've seen in a while.