Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown382"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/8/3p1kBp/p1p2p1P/P2p1Pp1/1P1P2K1/8/8 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... d5 2. Bh7 c4 3. bxc4 dxc4 4. Bg8 c3 ( { Black can try: } 4... cxd3 5. Kf2 d2 6. Ke2 g3 7. Bd5 d3+ 8. Kxd2 Ke7 9. Kxd3 Kd6 10. Bg2 Kc5 11. Kc3 Kb6 12. Kc4 Ka6 13. Kc5 Ka7 14. Kb5 Kb8 15. Kxa5 { White wins with a large
material advantage. } ) 5. Bb3 Ke7 6. Kf2 Kd6 7. Ke2 Kc5 8. Bc2 Kb4 9. Bd1 Ka3 10. Bc2 Kb2 11. Kd1 g3 12. Ke2 Kxc2 13. Kf3 Kxd3 14. Kxg3 c2 { Black wins with
a large material advantage. } 0-1