Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown363"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4rr1k/1p4pp/p5n1/Bp6/3q4/1Q6/PP1RRPPP/6K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxf2+ ( 1... Qxd2 2. Bxd2 Rxe2 3. Qd3 Rfxf2 4. Qd8+ Nf8 5. Be1 Rxg2+ 6. Kf1 Kg8 7. Qd5+ Ne6 8. Bg3 Kf7 9. Qxb7+ { With a likely draw. } ) 2. Rxf2 Re1+ 3. Rf1 Rexf1# 0-1