Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown50"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r1bqr1k1/1pp2pp1/pb3n1p/3PB3/1PB1Pn2/P4N1P/5PP1/RN1QR1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Rxe5 2. Nxe5 Qd6 3. Nf3 { Now black gets a decisive attack. } ( { White
can try: } 3. Qf3 Qxe5 4. Ra2 g5 5. Nd2 g4 6. hxg4 Nxg4 7. Nf1 Qg5 8. Kh1 Ne5 9. Be2 Nxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg4 11. Bxg4 Qxg4 12. Ne3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qxe1+ 15. Kh2 Ne2 16. Rxe2 Qxe2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3... Nxh3+ 4. gxh3 Qg3+ 5. Kh1 Qxh3+ 6. Kg1 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qg3+ 8. Kh1 Bxf2 9. Qb3 Bxf3+ 10. Nxf3 Ng4 11. Bf1 { To prevent Qh3+. } 11... Bxe1 12. Rxe1 Nf2# 0-1