Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Winter"]
[Black "Colle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[FEN "2r3k1/pb1pq1pp/1p2p1r1/5pn1/1PPP4/P7/2Q2PPP/R2RBB1K b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Nf3 2. h3 ( { White can try: } 2. gxf3 Qg5 3. h3 Qg1# ) 2... Qd6 3. g3 Nxe1+ 4. Kg1 Nxc2 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } 0-1