Crowning your own game with a spectacular sacrifice combination – what amateur wouldn’t want to perform magic? Those who seek tactical advice from the eighth world champion Mikhail Tal and apply it on the chessboard are guaranteed to experience this feeling of joy. The Latvian magician held the chess crown for only one year, but he remains one of the brightest stars in chess history forever. Hamburg grandmaster Karsten Müller and Berlin chess journalist Raymund Stolze have reviewed over 2600 games played by Tal and selected 100 combinations from the chess wizard of Riga that are meant to help the reader sacrifice correctly. In four main chapters, easy warm-up tasks, correct and speculative sacrifices, as well as Tal-style sacrifices in defense are presented. Contributions from prominent chess players are also particularly intriguing.