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a)

Kuzmin vs Vladimir Egin, Kishinev, 1987
8/3b4/pk1q4/2p2pp1/8/5PNP/P1R1Q1PK/1r6 w - - 0 1
[ Rd2 if Qc7 Qd3 ]

b)

White Mates in 4. Kuzmin vs Sergey Zagrbelny, Kishinev, 1987
3rrk2/1p1n1p1Q/p2P1bp1/1qP5/6R1/5B2/6PP/5RBK w - - 0 1
[ Rxg6 fxg6 Bd5 ]

c)

Kuzmin vs Navarro, Nicaragua, 1987
r1br4/1q2bk2/p4n1Q/1p1p4/3N4/7P/PPB2PP1/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Nc6 if Re8 Ne5+ mates ]

d)

White Mates in 2. Kuzmin vs Evgeny Vladimirov, Tashkent, 1987
3rrk2/2p2pR1/p4n2/1p1PpP2/2p2q1P/3P1BQ1/PPP5/6RK w - - 0 1
[ Rxf7+ ]

e)

Kuzmin vs Mikhail Iailian, Belgorod, 1989
5r2/1q5k/p2p1p2/2rNpP1p/Pb2P1pP/3R4/2P1Q1P1/3R3K w - - 0 1
[ Rb3 if a5 c3 ]

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