Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown353"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "4n1k1/B4qbp/3p2n1/3Pp3/4Pp2/1Q3PpP/PP2B3/4NRK1 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1... Qxa7+ 2. Kh1 Qd7 3. Kg2 Nh4+ 4. Kg1 Qxh3 5. Rf2 gxf2+ 6. Kxf2 { Black
wins with a large material advantage, but let's see if you can find the
fastest win? } 6... Qh2+ 7. Kf1 Nf5 8. exf5 e4 9. fxe4 Bd4 10. Bf3 Qf2# 0-1