Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novotelnov"]
[Black "Cistjakov"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/pppb2bp/3p2p1/2nPq3/2PN3P/4P1P1/PBQ3BK/4R3 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxg3+ 2. Kxg3 Be5# 0-1