Most brilliant move of all time?

e4.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069975

Fischer played well after Steinitz was dead.

yeah that's where I saw it from...still a brilliant move though

1. Bd5 is the only winning move for white in that position. After that, the g pawn cannot be stopped from promoting.

Black may try 3 different approaches - capture, then bring king over - or capture, then move both pawns and bring his bishop - or bring his king withought capturing. All three tries fail, of course. 1-0

 you got that from jerry chess network lol

Here's an interesting position from http://www.chess.com/games/view.html?id=53873 after 23 moves:

Analysis of that position can be found on Rybka forum (see the post dated 2011-01-07 21:21).

One of the most brilliant moves of all time, as mentioned in this thread, is from the game Levitsky vs Frank Marshall, played in Breslau in 1912. 

Marshall played..Qc3-g3!, and even though white can take the g3 queen in 3 different ways, white resigned!

Black's position features a monster knight, a piece up, pins everywhere, great coordination with the two rooks, and many ways to mate.

What could white have done?
The immediate threat is ..Qh2#. So white has to take the Queen. But taking the queen with either pawn leads to mate, so best play for white would be only forced moves and only moves, like this:

Qxg3 (forced move), ..Ne2+(forks queen with check!), Kh1 (the only move), ..Nxg3+ (takes the white queen and again gives check) and white cannot re-capture the knight because that would open the f-file and ..Rf1 mate, so Kg1 (forced move), ..Ne2+ (check again, and clears the third rank for the rook), Kh1 (the only move), ..Ra3 (moves to safety and attacks pawn), and black would  still be a piece up, like this:

So it becomes clear that the purpose of the ..Qg3 move is not to mate, but to force, even with white's best play, the queens off the board, so that black maintains the piece up advantage.  So after ..Qc3-g3!, Levitsky just resigned. Brilliant move and game by Marshall.

 Board 1

1 ... c5

Then why do so many top players play   1. d4?

I don't know about most brilliant ever, but it's certainly a contender:

...and Garry Kasparov lost four of the first nine games.

The traxlor defence for the Fried Liver Attack!

47...Bh3!!

I'm pretty sure you're referring to the Shirov game, and although that move was amazing, I wouldn't consider it as the most brilliant move...

Leko agrees with you, Indirect.

"It fit the needs of the position," Leko whimpered.

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NONE OF YOUR MOVES ARE THE BEST!!!

MINE IS...

AND IT IS....

CHECKMATE OF COUSE!!!!!

Now who here disagrees? With the statement above????

I really wish I understood your posts...