Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown86"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "6Bk/1b6/2q2pRp/1pp5/p6Q/P1P1q3/6PP/4N2K w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

{ Black's extra queen seems to win, but it is white's move. } 1. Bd5 Kh7 ( { Black dare not try: } 1... Qxd5 2. Qxf6+ Kh7 3. Qg7# ) 2. Bxc6 Kxg6 3. Bxb7 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0