Can you play a "perfect" game?

I just played someone in a correspondence game. The game is en.lichess.org/biV3Cgs2ev7R

Now I don't wish to say "He's cheating". But I want to question something. How hard is it to play a "perfect" Game. Or what would a perfect game look like?

This guy in analysis has 0 inaccuracies 0 mistakes, and 0 blunders with 8 centipawns lost.

Now again, I am not saying anything is wrong here, but is this reasonable for very high level play? Is it possible/likely to play someone who can actually pull a perfect game, and if so what rating level are we talking about to pull something like this off? Or is the 8 average centipawns lost a sign there's an even better game out there?

You should ask these questions to @IM opperwezen or @IM penguingim1 .

I'm sure they have played at least one perfect game.

This is not a perfect game. White plays badly and loses a piece right after the opening. Black did not even have a chance to make mistakes. For a correspondence game this is badly played by white.
6 d3 is already a serious mistake. 6 o-o enables 7 Re1.

it's really easy. i get 0 0 0 every once in a while, even in bullet en.lichess.org/binQJdpF/black

nah, just kidding. seriously now - not all 0 0 0 games are made equal.
a 0 0 0 in a 13 move game is nothing special, the game barely got out of the opening and it was pretty much just the player developing and taking whatever was on offer.
the game i linked wasn't particularly amazing either.

on the other hand, a 0 0 0 in like a 40-move game with a lot of complications is extremely rare, even for master players.
also i should mention that, sometimes, moves that strong human players would consider clearly inaccurate (like pointless moves in some closed positions or suboptimal move orders) aren't "objectively" bad enough to hit the "inaccuracy" threshold for the engine.

To play like black did is not too hard in that game. The first 4 moves are probably theory after that black plays the most natural moves in the position.

5...e6 is necessary to guard f7 while the next moves are invited as they are played with tempo on the e5 knight. After he won the piece there are no trick/tactics against him so nearly every move should be fine (also for the engine).

And in the end 12...Nxe4 is also automatic. Even if you don't see the win of material it's natural as it trades down towards the endgame.

So it is hard to play "perfect" games if you have to play equal and tactical positions. Here he got a great position out of the opening and won a piece by the most natural moves. Then it's not hard to get a low centi pawn loss. I have those games from time to time as well.

Two months ago I had a tournament game with 38 moves which both players had 0/0/0 ACPL 6

de.lichess.org/Tp99Cltb

I played a game that was 99.8% caps 40 moves long. However my opponent was 800 points lower rated than me its still my most accurate game. It was 5CPL for my side.

It was a 13 move game, where every single move black played was either regular development or basic tactics. You just played badly.

Given that the machines immediately call an inaccuracy if you play the 'wrong' opening, such as the King's Gambit, then it's highly unlikely that you will get a 0-0-0.

I have played a 0-0-0 game, note my opponent dropped two center pawns for no compensation in the late middlegame, which leads to an easily winning position. This isn't the game I'm most proud of but it is my only 0-0-0 game.

en.lichess.org/jbHUiVom/black#0

The following game I am most proud of, 4 inaccuracies and 1 mistake, but still an 18 ACPL against someone rated 450 points higher. I admit I probably would have lost if not for the mistake from my opponent ...20; Rb1+, after getting my rook to B6 and knight D4, I am in a dominant position, and just need to open the place up and advance my pawns towards the king, I am happy I could find many best moves in the position. :)

en.lichess.org/UMuTOy8A/white#0

So, on the topic of "How strong does someone need to be to pull of a perfect game?" The answer is ANYONE can, if their opponent caters to their strengths!