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Aug-05-24 Dubov vs V Belous, 2015   Gaito: [DIAGRAM] BLACK TO MOVE 25...g5?? was the losing mistake. According to engine Komodo 13 the position would be equal after the correct 25...Kh8 26.Rxg7 Qh6. This game was very exciting from beginning to end, and maybe it should be better known.      Jul-22-24 Korchnoi vs A Reshko, 1957   Gaito: [DIAGRAM] BLACK TO MOVE Of course 26..Qa6? allowed checkmate in one. But even after 26...Qb6 27.Qxb6 axb6 28.Bxd7+ Rxd7 29.d6 White would have a winning advantage (Evaluation by Komodo 13 is +2.48)      Jun-13-24 W Ju vs Y Xiao, 2023   Gaito: [DIAGRAM] WHITE TO PLAY AND WIN Solution: 32.Qxg5! A brilliant and instructive combination. If then 32...fxg5 33.h7+ and mate in two. A very nice finish! Of course, White can also win with the prosaic 32.h7+, which would force Black to play 32...Nxh7 33.gxh7+ Kh8, because 32...Kh8 ...      Apr-29-24 T Pfeifer vs J Polgar, 1988    Gaito: Apparently, ever since she was a young girl Judit Polgar loved tactical complications, and that was the kind of play she excelled at. Moreover, it seems that she somehow forced her opponents to plunge into a forest of complicated tactical variations not easy into handle. In this ...      Apr-28-24 Larsen vs Portisch, 1966    Gaito: [DIAGRAM] WHITE TO MOVE Larsen resigned in this position, something that might seem a bit premature, but Black has an distinct positional edge. A likely finish could have been something like this: 24.b4 Qh6 25.h4 Rfd8 26.Rxa6 Nxe3! 27.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 28.Qf2 Qe4 with some nasty threats. ...      Mar-20-24 Lupulescu vs G Papp, 2016    Gaito: This is Gabor Papp's immortal game!      Mar-18-24 Aronian vs Rapport, 2017   Gaito: [DIAGRAM] WHITe TO MOVE Aronian played 27.Rxf8+, which leads to mate. The engine (Komodo 13) spotted an even quicker way to checkmate: 27.Qd5! Qxd5 28.Rg6+ Bg7 29.Rdxg7+ Kh8 30.Rh6 mate [DIAGRAM]      Mar-16-24 Smyslov vs Ribli, 1983   Gaito: [DIAGRAM] In the final position, there could have followed 41...Ke7 42.f4 Rd7 43.Qc6, with an overwhelming advantage. (Diagram) [DIAGRAM] Computer evaluation by Komodo 13: +8.10.      Feb-26-24 Petrosian vs Balashov, 1974   Gaito: [DIAGRAM] WHITE TO MOVE In this position Petrosian played 25.Rad1, a strong and logical move that brings the last White unity into the battle. Nevertheless, the engine (Komodo 13), which is always alert on tactical possibilities, spotted an even stronger move that would have led to ...      Dec-28-23 Szabo vs A Bisguier, 1955   Gaito: [DIAGRAM] WHITE TO MOVE This is the position after 12...O-O. In a previous game Trifunovic vs Bisguier played in the same tournament on April 19, 1955 (round 2), White played 13.O-O. The game can be seen in this link: P Trifunovic vs A Bisguier, 1955 . After the routine 13.O-O, the

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