The Sicilian Scheveningen: 641 Puzzles

Here are some chess puzzles from the 2020 Russia Club CH (w).
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.
Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.
a) 
White mates in 2.
Anastasia Bodnaruk vs Anna Kochukova, Sochi, 2020
3rn3/p2qQ2r/4ppk1/8/P1PpN1Pp/BP1Pb3/7P/R4R1K w - - 1 0
[ Rxf6+ ]
b) 
White mates in 3.
Diana Doroshenko vs Svetlana Vifleemskaia, Sochi, 2020
r7/2q5/1np3k1/p2P1bp1/P1P1p3/2Q3P1/4BPK1/7R w - - 1 0
[ Bh5+ Kh7 Bf7+ ]
c) 
White mates in 3.
Baira Kovanova vs Kamaliya Bulatova, Sochi, 2020
rnb2k2/pp2Np1p/6p1/8/2q1r3/2B4P/P4PP1/R1QR2K1 w - - 1 0
[ Rd8+ Kxe7 Qg5+ ]
d) 
White mates in 3.
Irina Sudakova vs Elizaveta Dorokhina, Sochi, 2020
5b1r/p2Rnkpp/1pq1pB2/8/6Q1/8/PPP2P1P/2K3R1 w - - 1 0
[ Rxe7+ Bxe7 Qxg7+ ]
e) 
White mates in 4.
Dana Yurasova vs Zhanna Lesnykh, Sochi, 2020
1rb3r1/p6k/1ppR4/8/8/6R1/PPP2P2/2K2B2 w - - 1 0
[ Bd3+ Rg6 Rdxg6 b5 R6g4+ ]
f) 
Daria Yurasova vs Irina Vasilevich, Sochi, 2020
3rr1k1/pb2bppp/8/q1ppB3/N3n3/1P1BP3/P1Q2PPP/2R2RK1 w - - 1 0
[ b4 if cxb4 Bc7 or if Qxb4 Rb1 ]
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