Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown076"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5rk1/pb6/4p1q1/4Q2p/5r2/1PP3B1/P3RPp1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxg3 { White can try: } 2. fxg3 ( 2. Qxe6+ Kh7 ( { Black can try: } 2... R8f7 3. Qxf7+ Rxf7 4. fxg3 Rf1+ 5. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 6. Kxf1 { White wins with a
large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 2... Kg7 3. Qe7+ Kh6 4. Re6+ Qg6 5. Rxg6+ Kxg6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) ( { Black can also try: } 2... Kh8 3. Qh6+ Kg8 4. Qxf8+ Rxf8 5. fxg3 { White
wins with a large material advantage. } ) 3. Rd2 ( { White can try: } 3. Qe7+ Qg7 4. Re5 Rxf2 5. Rxh5+ Kg8 6. Qe6+ R8f7 7. Qe8+ Qf8 8. Rg5+ Kh7 9. Rh5+ Kg6 10. Qe5 Rf1+ 11. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 12. Kh2 Qf2+ 13. Kh3 Rf3+ 14. Kg4 Qg2+ 15. Kh4 Rh3# ) 3... Qg7 4. Rd7 R8f7 5. Rxf7 Qxf7 6. Qxf7+ Rxf7 { Black wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 2... Rf1+ 3. Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 4. Kh2 Qh1# 0-1