Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown174"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "r2r2k1/pb1qnpp1/2p1P2p/1p3P2/1b6/2N5/PPBBQ1PP/R4RK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxd2 2. exf7+ Kf8 { Black wins with a large material advantage. } ( { Black can try: } 2... Kxf7 3. Qe6+ Ke8 4. f6 Qd4+ 5. Kh1 gxf6 6. Bg6+ Kf8 7. Qf7# ) 0-1