Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown697"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "5r1r/2R4p/p4p2/3kp3/3p4/1P2nP1P/P2K2P1/2R5 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. R7c6 Nf1+ 2. Kd3 ( { White can try: } 2. Ke1 d3 3. Kxf1 Rhg8 4. R6c5+ Kd6 5. Ra5 f5 6. Rxa6+ Kd5 7. Ra5+ Kd4 8. Rc4+ Ke3 9. Rxe5+ Kd2 10. Rd5 Rd8 11. Rxf5 Rde8 12. Re4 Rxe4 13. fxe4 Re8 14. Rf7 Kc1 15. Rc7+ Kd1 16. Kf2 Rxe4 17. Rxh7 d2 18. g3 Kc2 19. Rc7+ Kb2 20. Rd7 Kc3 21. Rc7+ Kd3 22. Rd7+ Kc2 { Draw. } ) 2... e4+ 3. fxe4+ Ke5 4. Rxf1 f5 5. Rxf5+ Rxf5 6. Rc5+ Ke6 7. Rxf5 { White wins
with a large material advantage. } 1-0