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a)

Kornev vs Y Galojuda, St Petersburg, 1993
r1b3k1/pp1n1pp1/2pq3r/6N1/3P1P2/P2BQ3/6PP/2R2RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bc4 if Rf6 Nxf7 ]

b)

Kornev vs Artyom Kiselnikov, Bor, 2000
r1b1k2r/5ppp/2q5/p2Np3/1Bp1P3/5QP1/PPB4b/1K1R4 w - - 0 1
[ Ba4 if Qxa4 Nc7# ]

c)

Kornev vs Mikhail Soloviov, Tula, 2002
r2qk2r/pppn1pp1/2b1pn1p/8/3P4/B1PB1N2/P1P2PPP/1R1QR1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxe6+ if fxe6 Bg6# ]

d)

Kornev vs Evgeny Vorobiov, Tula, 2002
r1b2rk1/1pqn1pb1/p2p2pp/P1pPp3/4P2B/N1N5/1PP2PPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Be7 if Re8 Nab5 ]

e)

White Mates in 7. Kornev vs Alexey Volodin, Voronezh, 2002
r4b2/1q3p2/np3Bp1/pQ1PPk1p/P1P2p2/8/1P3PPP/3R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qb3 Nb4 Qh3+ Ke4 Qf3+ ]

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