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a)

Inarkiev vs Aleksandr Karpatchev, Elista RUS-CH, 2001
[ Qxc6 w/Ne5+ ]

b)

Inarkiev vs I Arakelov, St Petersburg, 2001
[ Rf6 fxe4 (Qb6 Rfxg6 mates) w/Rg7+ ]

c)

Black Mates in 3. Volodymyr Jakymov vs Inarkiev, Halkidiki, 2001
[ ...Nd2+ Kg1 Nf3+ ]

d)

Black to move and win. Dmitry Shchukin vs Inarkiev, St Petersburg, 2001
[ ...Rxc4 Qxd4 Rxc1+ Kg2 Rxd4 ]

e)

Inarkiev vs Rustem Sadykov, Goa JR-CH, 2002
[ Qg5+ ]

Inarkiev Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win except where noted.
a)

Inarkiev vs Dmitry Bocharov, Vladimir, 2002
1r3r1k/3bbp1p/p2p1p1Q/q3pP1B/1p2P3/1PP5/P3N1PP/R4R1K w - - 0 1
[ Bg6 ]

b)

White Mates in 4. Inarkiev vs Elmira Mirzoeva, Linares, 2003
r5r1/1bqp3p/2n1p1kP/2p1P1p1/p1P1R3/P2N1PK1/1P6/2Q2B1R w - - 0 1
[ Qxg5+ ]

c)

Inarkiev vs Petr Kiriakov, Tomsk, 2004
1n3rkr/2q1bp2/p1P1p1p1/2B1PnNp/1p3N1P/5QP1/P4PK1/2R2R2 w - - 0 1
[ Bxe7 if Nxe7 Nfxe6 or if Qxe7 c7 ]

d)

White Mates in 4. Inarkiev vs Evgeny Postny, Ermioni, 2006
5r1k/4R3/6pP/r1pQPp2/5P2/2p1PN2/2q5/5K1R w - - 0 1
[ Rh7+ ]

e)

Inarkiev vs Csaba Balogh, Gurzuf, 1999
3k4/2rb1p1p/4p3/3p2P1/1P3Q2/p1b2R2/2R4P/qBK5 w - - 0 1
[ Rfxc3 if Rxc3 Qf6+ ]

Inarkiev Puzzles, Part III. White to move and win except where noted.
a)

Inarkiev vs Sergej Beradze, Kazan, 2001
r1b2rk1/ppqnbppp/2p2n2/4p1N1/2BPP3/8/PP3PPP/RNBQR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bxf7+ if Kh8 Ne6 or if Rxf7 Qb3 ]

b)

White Mates in 7. Inarkiev vs Anton Isajevsky, Kazan, 2001
r4r1k/3R2b1/4Q1pp/p4nN1/5q2/8/1B3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7 if Nxg7 Bxg7+ ]

c)

Black to move and win. Andrey Kvon vs Inarkiev, Gurzuf, 1999
3rr1k1/p4p1p/4b1pQ/4p3/1p3n2/1N3PN1/PPP2qPP/R5RK b - - 0 1
[ ...Bh3 ]

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