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a)

Zvjaginsev vs Boris Kantsler, Ashkhabad, 1990
r1bqr1k1/pppn3p/2np1pp1/3N2P1/2PNPP2/5B2/PP4P1/R2QK2R w - - 0 1
[ Nb5 if Rb8 Nbxc7 ]

b)

Zvjaginsev vs Tomas Oral, Rimavska Sobota, 1992
r1b5/1p5k/3b1q1p/pNR2r2/3Qp1R1/1P5P/P3BP2/4K3 w - - 0 1
[ Rxf5 ]

c)

White Mates in 4. Zvjaginsev vs Wolfgang Humer, Loosdorf, 1993
3R4/rr2pp1k/1p1p1np1/1B1Pq2p/1P2P3/5P2/3Q2PP/2R3K1 w - - 0 1
[ Rh8+ ]

d)

Zvjaginsev vs Viktor Korchnoi, Pamplona, 1995
r1bq1rk1/p7/2p3p1/2b1pp1p/4N2Q/6P1/PP1BPP1P/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
[ Bg5 if Qd4 Nxc5 Qxc5 Be7 ]

e)

Zvjaginsev vs Ladislav Salai, Panormo, 2001
8/4k3/r6P/1b1P1p2/2pB2p1/2P3P1/4BP1K/8 w - - 0 1
[ d6+ ]

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