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Examples with Bishop and Knight against others.
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1929"] [Round ""] [White "Rinck=H"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1929"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "1B3b2/5N2/8/8/4k3/8/6bP/4K3 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kf2 ( 1.Ng5+ $2 Kf5 ) ( 1.h4 $2 Kf5 ) ( 1.Nd6+ $2 Bxd6 ) 1...Bh1 ( 1...Bf3 2. Ng5+ ) ( 1...Bh3 2.Ng5+ ) 2.Kg1 ( 2.Ng5+ $2 Kf5 3.Nf3 Bxf3 ) 2...Bf3 3.Ng5+ ( 3.h4 $2 Bh5 ) 3...Ke3 4.Ba7+ Ke2 ( 4...Kf4 5.Ne6+ ) 5.Ne6 $1 ( 5.h4 $2 Be7 6. Nxf3 Kxf3 7.h5 Bf8 ) 5...Bh6 ( 5...Bb4 {<main>} 6.Nd4+ Ke3 7.Nc2+ Kd2 8.Nxb4 ) ( 5...Be7 {<main>} 6.Nd4+ Ke3 7.Nf5+ Kf4 8.Nxe7 ) ( 5...Bd6 {<main>} 6.Nd4+ Ke3 7.Nf5+ Kf4 8.Nxd6 ) ( 5...Ba3 {<main>} 6.Nd4+ Ke3 7.Nc2+ Ke4 8.Nxa3 ) 6.Nd4+ Ke3 7.Nf5+ Kf4 8.Nxh6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1934"] [Round ""] [White "Herbstman=A and Troitzky=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1934"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "13"] [FEN "8/8/7p/4K3/7k/8/B2nN3/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kf4 Kh3 $1 ( 1...Nf1 2.Be6 Kh5 3.Bf5 ) 2.Ke3 $1 Nf1+ 3.Kf2 Nh2 4.Ng1+ $1 Kh4 5.Kg2 Ng4 6.Nf3+ Kh5 7.Bf7# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1935"] [Round ""] [White "Mandil=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1935"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "7n/3K4/8/1p6/8/B7/7k/4N3 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ke6 Ng6 2.Kf5 $1 ( 2.Kf6 $2 Nh4 3.Kg5 Ng2 ) 2...Nh4+ 3.Kg4 Ng2 ( 3...Ng6 4. Kg5 Ne5 5.Bd6 ) 4.Nf3+ Kh1 5.Bc1 $1 ( 5.Bc5 $2 b4 6.Bf2 b3 7.Nd2 b2 8.Nb1 Kh2 9.Kf5 Kh3 10.Kg5 Kh2 11.Kg4 Kh1 12.Kh3 Ne3 13.Bxe3 ) 5...b4 6.Kf5 b3 7.Ke4 b2 8.Bxb2 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1935"] [Round ""] [White "Rinck=H"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1935"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "k7/7B/8/8/1N1b4/K7/8/n7 w - - 0 1"] 1.Be4+ Ka7 $1 2.Nc6+ Kb6 3.Nxd4 Kc5 4.Ne2 $1 ( 4.Ne6+ $2 Kc4 5.Nf4 ( 5.Bb1 Kc3 6.Nc5 Nc2+ ) 5...Kc3 6.Ne2+ Kd2 ) ( 4.Nc6 $2 Nc2+ ) ( 4.Nf5 $2 Kc4 5.Bb1 ( 5. Ne3+ Kd4 ) 5...Kc3 6.Ne3 Nb3 7.Nd1+ ( 7.Nd5+ Kd4 ) 7...Kd2 ) ( 4.Nf3 $2 Kc4 5. Nd2+ ( 5.Bb1 Kc3 ) 5...Kd4 $1 6.Kb2 ( 6.Bh7 Nc2+ $1 7.Bxc2 Kc3 $1 ) ( 6.Bb1 Nc2+ $1 7.Bxc2 Kc3 $1 ) 6...Ke3 7.Kc3 ( 7.Kc1 Nb3+ ) 7...Nb3 ) 4...Kc4 5.Nc1 ( 5.Bh7 $2 Nb3 $1 6.Bg8+ Kd3 $1 ) ( 5.Bb1 $2 Nb3 6.Ba2 Kd3 $1 ) 5...Kc3 ( 5...Kd4 6.Bh7 ) 6.Na2+ Kc4 ( 6...Kd2 7.Kb2 ) 7.Bh7 ( 7.Bf5 {<or>} ) ( 7.Bg6 {<or>} ) 7...Nb3 8.Bg8+ 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1943"] [Round ""] [White "Kallert=G"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1943"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "13"] [FEN "6k1/8/2B1N3/4p1K1/8/2p1p3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Bd5 Kh7 ( 1...Kh8 2.Kh6 e2 3.Nf8 e1=Q 4.Ng6# ) 2.Be4+ ( 2.Nc5 $2 e2 $1 ) 2... Kg8 ( 2...Kh8 3.Kh6 e2 4.Nf8 Kg8 5.Ng6 Kf7 6.Nxe5+ Ke6 7.Nf3 ) 3.Kh6 e2 4.Bh7+ Kf7 5.Ng5+ Kf6 6.Nf3 e4 7.Bxe4 ( 7.Ne1 $2 Ke5 8.Kg5 Kd4 9.Kf4 c2 10.Nxc2+ Kd3 11.Bxe4+ Kd2 ) 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1945"] [Round ""] [White "Kivi=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1945"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "1N2k2K/7b/1P6/8/8/8/1p6/3B4 w - - 0 1"] 1.Bh5+ Kd8 ( 1...Ke7 2.Nc6+ ) ( 1...Kf8 2.Nd7+ ) 2.Nc6+ Kc8 ( 2...Kd7 3.b7 ) 3. Bg4+ Kb7 4.Na5+ $1 Ka6 ( 4...Ka8 5.Bf3+ Kb8 6.Nc6+ Kb7 7.Ne5+ Ka6 8.Be2+ Kb7 9. Bf3+ Kc8 10.b7+ Kc7 11.Nd7 ) ( 4...Kb8 5.Nc6+ Ka8 6.Bc8 b1=Q 7.b7+ ) 5.Nc4 $1 b1=Q 6.Bc8+ Kb5 7.Na3+ Kxb6 8.Nxb1 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1945"] [Round ""] [White "Herbstman=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1945"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "2n5/7B/6p1/3K3k/7N/8/5P2/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf3 ( 1.Nxg6 $2 Kh6 2.f4 ( 2.Nf8 Kg7 ) 2...Kxh7 3.f5 Kh6 $1 ( 3...Kg7 $2 4. Ke6 Nb6 5.Ne5 ) 4.Ke6 Na7 $1 5.Ne5 Nb5 6.f6 Nd4+ 7.Kd7 Nf5 $1 8.f7 Kg7 9.Ke8 Nd6+ ) 1...Kh6 2.Bg8 Ne7+ 3.Ke6 Nxg8 4.Kf7 Kh7 ( 4...g5 5.Kxg8 g4 6.Ng1 ( 6.Nh4 Kg5 7.Ng2 Kg6 8.Kf8 Kf6 9.Ke8 Ke5 10.Ke7 Ke4 11.Ne1 g3 12.fxg3 Kf5 ) 6...Kg6 7. Kh8 Kh6 8.Ne2 Kg6 9.Ng3 Kh6 10.Kg8 Kg6 11.Kf8 Kf6 12.Ke8 Ke6 13.Kd8 Kd6 14.Kc8 Ke7 ( 14...Kc6 15.Ne4 ) 15.Kc7 Ke6 16.Kc6 Ke5 17.Kd7 Kf4 18.Ke6 Kf3 19.Nh1 Kg2 20.Kf5 ) 5.Ng5+ Kh8 ( 5...Kh6 6.f4 ) 6.f3 $1 Nh6+ 7.Kxg6 Ng8 8.Nf7# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1949"] [Round ""] [White "Gunst=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1949"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "29"] [FEN "2k5/2p5/8/4N1b1/2B2p2/8/8/7K w - - 0 1"] 1.Ba6+ Kb8 $1 ( 1...Kd8 2.Nf7+ Ke7 3.Nxg5 ) 2.Nc6+ Ka8 3.Kg2 $1 ( 3.Kg1 $2 Bf6 4.Kf2 Bb2 5.Kf3 Bc1 ) 3...Bh4 4.Kf3 Bg3 5.Bc8 $1 ( 5.Kg4 $2 Bh2 6.Kf5 f3 7.Ke6 f2 8.Kd7 f1=Q 9.Bxf1 Kb7 ) 5...Bh2 6.Kf2 $1 Bg3+ 7.Ke2 $1 ( 7.Kg2 $2 Be1 $1 8. Kf3 Bd2 ) 7...Bh2 ( 7...Bh4 8.Kf3 Bg5 9.Kg4 Bh6 10.Ba6 $1 ) 8.Kf3 $1 ( 8.Ba6 $2 Bg1 9.Kf3 Be3 ) 8...Bg3 9.Ba6 $1 ( 9.Kg4 {<or>} ) ( 9.Ke4 {<or>} ) 9...Bh2 10. Ke4 ( 10.Kg4 {<or>} ) 10...Bg3 11.Kf5 Bh2 ( 11...f3 12.Kg4 ) 12.Ke6 f3 13.Kd7 f2 14.Kc8 f1=Q 15.Bb7# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1954"] [Round ""] [White "Vandiest=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1954"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "8/8/8/5p2/5K1n/1N5B/8/1k6 w - - 0 1"] 1.Na5 $1 ( 1.Nd4 $2 Ng6+ 2.Kxf5 Ne7+ 3.Ke6 Nc8 4.Kd5 Nb6+ 5.Kc5 Na4+ 6.Kb4 Nb2 7.Bf5+ Kc1 8.Ka3 Nc4+ ) 1...Ng6+ ( 1...Kc1 2.Nc6 Kd2 3.Kg3 Ng6 4.Bxf5 ) 2.Kxf5 Ne7+ 3.Ke6 Nc8 4.Kd5 Nb6+ 5.Kc5 Na4+ 6.Kb4 Nb2 7.Bf5+ Kc1 8.Ka3 Nd1 9.Nb3# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1962"] [Round ""] [White "Zakhodyakin=G"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1962"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "2N5/8/4P3/6B1/k7/8/K2b4/6q1 w - - 0 1"] 1.e7 Qe1 2.Be3 $1 Qxe3 3.Nb6+ Kb5 4.Nd5 Qa7+ 5.Kb1 Qg1+ 6.Ka2 ( 6.Kb2 $2 Qc1+ 7.Ka2 ( 7.Kb3 Qb1+ 8.Ka3 Bc1# ) 7...Qc2+ 8.Ka1 Bc3+ ) ( 6.Kc2 $2 Qc1+ 7.Kd3 Qc4+ $1 8.Kxd2 Qxd5+ ) 6...Qg8 7.e8=Q+ Qxe8 8.Nc7+ Kc6 9.Nxe8 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1970"] [Round ""] [White "Yakimchik=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1970"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "5B2/8/5r1P/8/8/1K3b2/6k1/7N w - - 0 1"] 1.Bg7 Bd5+ ( 1...Rb6+ 2.Kc4 Rc6+ 3.Kb5 Be4 4.h7 ) 2.Kb4 $1 ( 2.Kc3 $2 Rc6+ 3. Kd4 Bg8 ) 2...Rf4+ 3.Kc5 Rf5 $1 ( 3...Bg8 4.Ng3 Rc4+ 5.Kb5 Kxg3 6.h7 ) 4.Ng3 $1 Kxg3 5.h7 Bg8+ 6.Be5+ $1 Rxe5+ 7.Kd6 Rd5+ ( 7...Re6+ 8.Kd7 ) 8.Kc6 Rd8 9.Kc7 1/2-1/2
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