Here are some chess puzzles from the games of Oleg Korneev.
White to move and win except where noted.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a) 
White Mates in 4. Korneev vs Valerij Filippov, Pavlodar, 1991
2qk1r2/Q3pr2/3p2pn/7p/5P2/4B2P/P1P3P1/1R4K1 w - - 0 1
[ Bb6+ Ke8 Qa4+ ]
b) 
Korneev vs Alain Le Bideau, Torcy, 1991
6k1/1p1r1pq1/3p1Rn1/3N3p/4r2P/P5P1/1P3Q2/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 w/Nf6+ ]
c) 
Korneev vs Viacheslav Dydyshko, Katowice, 1992
3rn2k/5q1p/R3R3/3r2QP/B1p1pp2/2P5/5PP1/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe8+ if Qxe8 Qf6+ or if Rxe8 Bxe8 ]
d) 
Korneev vs Wolfgang Hettler, Hamburg, 1993
rnb1kbnr/2p1pppp/pq6/1p6/3P1B2/2N5/PPP1NPPP/R2QKB1R w - - 0 1
[ Nd5 w/Nxc7 ]
e) 
Korneev vs Masha Klinova, Oslo, 1994
8/1r1q2k1/3Pr1p1/1pR1pp1p/p1p1Q2P/P1P3P1/1P1R1P2/6K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxb7 ]
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