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a)

White Mates in 6. Iljin-Genevsky vs Vladimir Nenarokov, Moscow, 1924
[ Ng6 Qb4 cxb4 Bf5 Qxf5 Re8 Ne7+ Rxe7 Qf8+ Kh7 g8/Q# ]

b)

White to move and win. Iljin-Genevsky vs Andrey Smorodsky, Moscow, 1927
[ h5 if Nf8 Nh6+ or if Ne5 Rd8+ mates ]

c)

Dawid Daniuszewski vs Iljin-Genevsky, Moscow, 1920
[ ...Bxc2 w/...Rd1+ & ...Rd2+ ]

d)

Ilya Rabinovich vs Iljin-Genevsky, Moscow, 1922
[ ...Rb8 w/...cxb2 & ...Bb4+ ]

e)

Genrikh Kasparian vs Iljin-Genevsky, Moscow, 1931
[ ...Nxe5 w/...Bb3 ]

Iljin-Genevsky Puzzles, Part II. Black to move and win except where noted.
a)

Black Mates in 6. Grigory Goldberg vs Iljin-Genevsky, Leningrad, 1932
[ ...fxg3 Bxd4 gxf2+ Rxf2 Qg5+ Kh1 Qxd5+ Kg1 Rg6+ Rg2 Qxg2# ]

b)

Victor Vasiliev vs Iljin-Genevsky, Leningrad, 1936
[ ...Re3 ]

c)

Vsevolod Rauzer vs Iljin-Genevsky, Tbilisi, 1937
[ ...Re2+ if Bxe2 Ne4+ ]

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