George Duke wrote on Wed, Mar 27, 2013 08:27 PM UTC:
This is seriously on the way to be declared the first perfect game by the ground rules of ''post mortem
parfait.'' I.e., the working backwards for better Move by the loser must follow an exchange sacrifice or other great surprise move; absolutely no hackneyed opening theory. Http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1031957.
Understand, to be inclusive of CVs in general and future chosen Chesses, ''brilliancy'' is definitional as above, not strictly ''their'' definition, and may not always be the very best move of all a given game, to the extent that can be ever determinable. Now above score incredibly there is no good response by Black-Capablanca to the 'Move 30 B-a3...' putting Bishop en prise by White-Botvinnik. By that brilliancy White is going to win no matter what Black does the end ten or so moves. It is said Botvinnik considered the present one his best game ever.
However before final reckoning, like the Polish Immortal, this game has two sacrificial brilliancies to factor in, notwithstanding the Polish Glucksberg-Najdorf's two key brilliancies being back-to-back. The earlier one in year 1938 Botvinnik-Capablanca cannot be ignored. Namely, sacrificing a-Pawn by Move '19 e4...' to push cental Pawns optimally permits questioning back to Moves 20 to 29 too -- before the more dramatic White Bishop sacrifice -- where does Black go wrong?