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a)

Byrne vs Yuri Averbakh, New York, 1954
3r4/p3pk2/1p3pp1/nRp2q1p/P1Pr1P1P/3PQ1PN/4P1K1/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ Ng5+ if Kg8 Qe6+ Qxe6 Nxe6 ]

b)

Byrne vs Adolf Kramer, New York, 1955
3q3r/pp3k1r/5pR1/2n4n/3pP1Q1/5B1R/P2B1P1P/7K w - - 0 1
[ Rxh5 Rxh5 Rg7+ Kf8 Qg6 ]

c)

Byrne vs Vassily Smyslov, Mar del Plata, 1962
4n1k1/p5pp/2Pn2r1/1rB5/8/2P4P/P3Q1BK/8 w - - 0 1
[ Bd5+ if Kh8 Bxd6 Nxd6 c7 or if Kf8 Qxb5 ]

d)

Byrne vs Enrico Paoli, Vrsac, 1969
2br4/3nk2p/1p1NBp2/1Pp1pP2/N1P3P1/3PK2P/8/8 w - - 0 1
[ Nxc8 Rxc8 Bxd7 ]

e)

Byrne vs Dragan Tesic, Vrsac, 1969
3r3k/p1r2P2/1p1p4/3B4/2P2Pp1/1P1Q3P/P6K/4q3 w - - 0 1
[ Qd4+ Kh7 Be4+ if Kh6 Qf6+ mates ]

f)

Black to move and win. Efim Geller vs Byrne, Moscow, 1955
6k1/p3p1b1/4p1p1/2q1p1P1/1p1nP1Q1/3B1r2/PPP1N2P/1K1R4 b - - 0 1
[ ...Rxd3 if Rc1 Rd1 ]

g)

Black to move and win. Miguel Najdorf vs Byrne, Mar del Plata, 1962
8/7q/5nk1/3PQ2p/1K5P/6P1/8/8 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qe7+ ]

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