Most brilliant move of all time?

I am not doing votes on this one.  What do you think is the most brilliant move of all time?  Discuss.

Nice.

I know far too little about chess to have an opinion on this, but Tim Krabbé knows a lot about it, and here's the top-10 of his top-110 most fantastic moves ever: http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess/fant100.htm

23...Qg3 by Frank Marshall vs. Levitsky, Breslau 1912.

Topalov-Shirov Linares 1998

I'm gonna show you all how that move is so crushing.  Black is threatening mate in one with Qxh2#, and incredibly, the most white can get out of this is an exchange of queens.

That Shirov move is another double-take one, I've never come across it before either!

for you endgame aficiniados out there!

thanks!!

How do you assess how brilliant a move is? Presumably this emphasizes spectacle and beauty over correctness. But how to measure the former qualities?

(Not trying to imply your question is meaningless - I just want to understand what the criteria for 'brilliant' are!)

I'd suggest you search your local library for:

http://books.google.be/books?id=Iv89NQAACAAJ&dq=john+emms+most+amazing+chess+moves&hl=nl&ei=IldeTuepLoygOqePtdYC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAA

That looks useful - thanks!

Well, I think correctness is a given. Everything else is subjective. For me, it's the 1st few seconds when you think: "wow, this can't be right!"

mattattack99 in the Kasparov vs Topalov game you mentioned...

24 "Rxd4!!" is not a good move. It is actually a blunder.

24 Cxd4?? is a blunder by Topalov. If instead he played Kb6 black would have a superior position.

I can't believe that nobody has mentioned Fischers 17...Be6 vs. Donald Byrne in 1956 when Fischer was just 13, pretty amazing move for a 13 year old to play against an IM.

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008986

White's first 2 moves of this game is the best ones ever!

P.D: Just Kidding, my fav is Marshall's Qg3.

 Exactly, how many people would have thought of the move 11...Na4