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Sometimes in a game of chess, you play an accidentally brilliant move. This happened in a game I played yesterday. The opponent led with a uncommon opening, and I knew that I was doing badly by the middle game – as in straight up losing. And then, I saw what seemed like a desperate move but could force a draw. So I did. Only afterwards in the analysis did I see that this move was in fact, quite brilliant as the advantage in the game completely turned around, something that I didn’t see in the match!

On reflection, once I had come to the belief that I was otherwise losing, this coloured my impression of the position. After the move that chess.com rated as brilliant with the bishop sacrifice, I had in fact, stripped away all pawns from the opponent king’s defense. With the queen, knight, and at least one rook, I had potentially good checkmate chances. In fact, Stockfish rated the match as -9 in my favour as black, before I forced the draw by repetition!

You win some, and you lose some, and you draw some?! I hope you found this video interesting, and thanks for watching!

Game on chess.com: https://www.chess.com/game/live/38883544259

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022.02.17"]
[Round "?"]
[White "LePapillonrose"]
[Black "vitualis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1187"]
[BlackElo "1316"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[EndTime "16:47:23 PST"]
[Termination "Game drawn by repetition"]

1. e3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 6. Nxe5 Qf6 7. d4 Bd6 8. f4 g5 9. O-O O-O-O 10. fxg5 Qxg5 11. Nxf7 Qh4 12. g3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Qxg3+ 14. Kh1 Qh3+ 15. Kg1 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Qh3+ 17. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2