Mikhail Tal

Some sacrifices are sound; the rest are mine.

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[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unknown"]
[Black "Unknown698"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "3rr3/1pp1kppp/p1nbb3/3np3/4P3/3BBPN1/PPP3PP/1K1RR3 w - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]

1. exd5 Bxd5 2. c4 ( { White can try: } 2. Bxh7 Rh8 3. Rxd5 Rxh7 4. h3 Bb4 5. Red1 Rxd5 6. Rxd5 Ke6 7. Rd1 f5 8. Bf2 g5 9. c3 Bd6 { With a likely draw. } ) 2... Be6 3. c5 f6 4. cxd6+ cxd6 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0