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a)

Kobalia vs Sergey Nadyrhanov, St Petersburg, 1994
r3r1k1/1b2Bppp/p7/1p1P4/8/5Q2/Pq3PPP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Re2 if Bxd5 Qe3 ]

b)

Kobalia vs Alexander Riazantsev, Moscow, 1996
r6k/1p1R2pp/2p5/p3q2n/P4p2/5P2/BPP3PP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rd8+ Qe8 Rxe8+ Rxe8 Bf7 ]

c)

White Mates in 5. Kobalia vs Logman Guliev, Moscow, 1996
r4rk1/2q2pp1/p2pbbRQ/2BBp3/4P3/2p5/PPP2P1P/2KR4 w - - 0 1
[ Rxg7+ w/Rg1 ]

d)

Kobalia vs Vladimir Baikov, Moscow, 1996
5r2/1b2r1k1/p2R1bpp/B1p5/2B1p2P/6P1/PPP5/1K3R2 w - - 0 1
[ Rfxf6 Rxf6 Bc3 ]

e)

Kobalia vs Theo Rieke, Oberwart, 1997
r4rk1/1b3ppp/p1qp4/3pb3/1p2P3/1B2BQ2/PPP2P1P/2KR2R1 w - - 0 1
[ Bh6 if dxe4 Bxg7 mates ]

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