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a)

Sorokin vs Ruslan Sherbakov, Borzhomi, 1988
r1b3k1/1p4pp/p4n1q/8/1P1Pp2r/1N2N3/P4QPP/2R1R1K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rxc8+ Rxc8 Nf5 ]

b)

Sorokin vs Alexander Baburin, Voronezh, 1988
r2q3k/pp3r1p/3ppp1B/2bNnR1Q/2p1P3/2P4R/PP4PP/7K w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if exf5 Bxf6+ ]

c)

Sorokin vs Ferenc Peredy, Budapest, 1990
q3r1k1/5Rpp/p3r3/1p2NQ2/1PpP4/2P1n1P1/7P/5RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Rf8+ Rxf8 Qxe6+ Kh8 Rxf8+ Qxf8 Nf7+ w/Ng5 ]

d)

Sorokin vs Alexander Semeniuk, Kuibyshev, 1990
4rbk1/2n2n1p/1N4p1/pp1B1q2/1P3p2/P1B3P1/Q4P1P/2R4K w - - 0 1
[ g4 if Qxg4 Bxf7# ]

e)

White Mates in 6. Sorokin vs Ara Minasian, Minsk, 1990
7r/pp1q2bQ/n2N3R/2pPkrp1/P7/6P1/1PPN2P1/R3K3 w - - 0 1
[ O-O-O Kxd5 (if Rxh7 N2c4#) Nf3+ Kc6 Ne8+ ]

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