Brilliant, Great, Miss, Missed Win – chess.com judges every single move you play with one of twelve badges. But what do they actually mean? In this video we go through all twelve, one by one, with a real position on the board for each badge, so the next time you open Game Review you know exactly what it is telling you.

What you will see in this video:
✦ Brilliant – a rook sacrifice on f6 that removes the only defender of h7
✦ Blunder – the classic 4.Ng5?? in the Italian, and a "checkmate" on g7 that loses the queen
✦ Book – the Ruy Lopez main line and why book moves are neither good nor bad
✦ Forced – when there is only one legal move left
✦ Miss – a free queen in the Scandinavian that most players walk right past
✦ Missed Win – the accidental stalemate and the Caro-Kann Nd6# trap
✦ Inaccuracy – small slips that add up over a game
✦ Mistake – one "active" rook move that costs a pawn in the endgame
✦ Good, Excellent, Best – what separates solid moves from the engine's top choice
✦ Great – the only move that saves the game on the back rank

Whether you are a beginner who just started using Game Review or an improving player trying to understand why a move was marked as a mistake, this breakdown will help you read your own games better.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:13 Brilliant
01:13 Blunder
02:29 Book
03:12 Forced
04:05 Miss
05:00 Missed Win
05:56 Inaccuracy
06:43 Mistake
07:28 Good
08:05 Excellent
08:45 Best
09:19 Great

Which badge shows up in your games the most? Let me know in the comments.
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