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a)

Paulsen vs Adolf Anderssen, Frankfurt, 1878
r5k1/1p1q2bp/p2pN1p1/2pP2Bn/2P5/1P4P1/P4QKP/5R2 w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Rf8 Qxf8+ mates ]

b)

Paulsen vs Johannes Metger, Frankfurt, 1878
2r1qrk1/p6p/4pp2/1bb1p2Q/4N3/4P1P1/P4PBP/R2R2K1 w - - 0 1
[ Qxe8 if Rfxe8 Nxf6+ or if Bxe8 Rc1 ]

c)

Paulsen vs James Mason, Berlin, 1881
2k1qQr1/p1p5/Pp2P3/8/4p2p/7P/6P1/5R1K w - - 0 1
[ e7 if e3 Qxg8 ]

d)

Paulsen vs H Von Schuetz, Berlin, 1881
7r/1p3pk1/p1pp1N2/4nR1P/3QP3/1P6/PKP4q/8 w - - 0 1
[ Ng4 if c5 Rxf7+ Kg8 Qd5 or if Qg3 Rg5+ mates ]

e)

Black to move and win. Hermann Von Gottschall vs Paulsen, Hamburg, 1885
r1r4k/6p1/2q2pPp/p2pp2P/3n4/PP1R4/Q1PB1P2/2K2R2 b - - 0 1
[ ...Qb5 if Bc3 Rxc3 ]

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