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a)

Ionov vs S Hlusevich, Uzhgorod, 1988
[ Rxf6 if Rxf6 Re8+ w/Qh7+ Bg6+ & Rxf8+ ]

b)

Ionov vs Gennadij Sagalchik, Miedzybrodzie, 1991
[ Ng4 if Qh3 Rh1 ]

c)

Ionov vs Ramon Cue, Candas, 1992
[ Bc4+ w/Qf6 & Qf7 ]

d)

Ionov vs Ruslan Sherbakov, Cheliabinsk, 1992
[ Bc7+ w/Bg3 ]

e)

Ionov vs Valeri Yandemirov, Elista, 1994
[ Rxe6 if fxe6 Ng5 & if h6 Nxe6 or if exd5 Qxh7+ mates ]

Ionov Puzzles, Part II. White to move and win.
a)

Ionov vs Giorgi Bagaturov, Berlin, 1995
[ Rxe8 if Nxf4 Rxf8+ Kg7 Nxf4 ]

b)

Ionov vs Boris Makovetsky, Novgorod, 1995
[ Nf6+ w/Qxd6+ & Ne8+ ]

c)

Ionov vs Throstur Thorhallsson, Capelle la Grande, 1996
[ Rxe6 ]

d)

Ionov vs Vladimir Savon, St Petersburg, 1998
[ Bc7 ]

e)

Ionov vs Alexey Feoktistov, St Petersburg, 1998
[ Nd4 if Rb6 Ne6 ]

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