Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown335"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/p7/1p3kpp/1P2p3/P3K1P1/5P1P/8 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. Kd4 ( { White can try: } 1. h3 Ke5 2. h4 g4 3. Ke2 Kd4 4. Kd2 Kc4 5. Ke3 Kb3 6. Kxe4 Kxa3 7. f4 gxf3 8. Kxf3 Kxb4 9. g4 hxg4+ 10. Kxg4 Ka4 11. h5 b4 12. h6 b3 13. h7 b2 14. h8=Q b1=Q { With a likely draw. } ) 1... g4 2. Kd5 Kf6 3. Kxe4 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0