Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "Grand Chess Tour"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "1r3q1k/4R2p/p4p2/1p1p1P2/6P1/1PP5/1K2Q3/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. g5 fxg5 ( { Black can try: } 1... b4 2. g6 Qh6 3. Rxh7+ Qxh7 4. gxh7 bxc3+ 5. Kxc3 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Qe5+ Kg8 3. Qxd5+ Kh8 4. Qe5+ Kg8 5. f6 h6 6. f7+ Kh7 7. Qxb8 Qxb8 8. f8=Q+ Kg6 9. Qf7# 1-0