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Miniatures are studies up to 7 figures.
Examples with Knight against Bishop.
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1894"] [Round ""] [White "Neustadtl=H"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1894"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "1b6/3K4/2P3N1/8/4k3/8/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nh4 $1 Ke3 2.Kc8 Be5 3.Nf3 Bg3 4.Ng1 Kf2 5.Kd7 Kxg1 6.c7 Bxc7 7.Kxc7 Kf2 8.e4 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1896"] [Round ""] [White "Karstedt=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1896"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "31"] [FEN "8/8/k7/PNK5/1P6/8/4b3/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nc7+ Kb7 2.Ne6 $1 Ka6 ( 2...Bg4 3.Kd6 Ka6 ( 3...Be2 4.Nc5+ Ka7 5.Kc6 Bf3+ 6. Kb5 Be2+ 7.Ka4 Bd1+ 8.Nb3 ) 4.Nc7+ Kb7 5.b5 ) 3.Kc6 Bf3+ ( 3...Bb5+ 4.Kc7 Be8 5.Nc5+ Ka7 6.Nd7 Ka6 7.Kc6 ) 4.Kc7 Kb5 ( 4...Be2 5.Nc5+ Kb5 6.a6 ) 5.Nd4+ Kxb4 6.Kb6 Bb7 $1 7.Nb5 Ka4 8.Nd6 Ba8 9.a6 Kb4 10.Nb7 Kc4 11.Kc6 Kb4 12.a7 Kc4 13. Kc7 Kb5 14.Kb8 Kc6 15.Kxa8 Kc7 16.Nd6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1902"] [Round ""] [White "Lasker=Em"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1902"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "37"] [FEN "8/8/7k/8/5NbP/4K1P1/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ke4 Bd7 ( 1...Bc8 2.Nd5 Kh5 3.Kf4 Be6 ( 3...Ba6 4.Nf6+ Kg6 5.Ne8 Kh5 6.Ng7+ Kg6 7.Nf5 ) 4.Nf6+ Kg6 5.Ne8 Bd7 6.h5+ ) ( 1...Bd1 2.Kf5 Bc2+ 3.Kg4 Bd1+ 4.Kh3 ) 2.Nd5 Bc8 3.Kf4 Kh5 4.Ne3 Ba6 5.g4+ Kxh4 6.Nf5+ Kh3 7.g5 Bc4 8.g6 Bd5 9.Kg5 Bc4 10.Kf6 Bb3 11.Nh6 Bc2 12.g7 Bh7 13.Nf7 Kg4 14.Ng5 Bg8 15.Kg6 Kf4 16.Nf7 Kg3 17.Nh6 Ba2 18.Nf7 Bb1+ 19.Kh6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1906"] [Round ""] [White "Galitzky=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1906"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "7"] [FEN "4b3/8/8/4N3/8/8/5K1p/7k w - - 0 1"] 1.Ng4 $1 Bf7 ( 1...Bg6 {<main>} 2.Nf6 $1 ) 2.Ne3 $1 Bc4 ( 2...Bg6 3.Nf1 ) 3.Nf5 Be6 4.Ng3# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1934"] [Round ""] [White "Kosek=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1934"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "8/2K5/bP6/k7/8/8/4N3/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nd4 Ka4 ( 1...Bc8 2.Nc6+ Ka6 3.Nd8 Kb5 4.Nb7 Bh3 5.Nd6+ ) 2.Kb8 ( 2.Nc6 $2 Kb5 3.Nb8 Bc8 ) 2...Kb4 ( 2...Bf1 3.Nc6 Ba6 4.Ka8 Kb5 5.Ka7 Bc8 6.Ne7 ) 3.Ka8 $1 ( 3.Ka7 $2 Ka5 4.Nc6+ Kb5 5.Ne7 Ka5 6.Nf5 Kb5 ) 3...Ka4 ( 3...Kc5 4.Ka7 Bc8 5.Nf5 ) ( 3...Bc8 4.Ka7 Ka5 5.Nc6+ Kb5 6.Ne7 Ba6 7.Nf5 ) 4.Nc6 $1 Bc8 ( 4...Kb5 5.Ka7 Bc8 6.Ne7 Ba6 7.Nf5 Ka5 8.Nd6 ) 5.Ka7 Kb5 6.Ne7 Ba6 7.Nf5 $1 Ka5 {<eg>} 8.Nd6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1954"] [Round ""] [White "Gratzer=G"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1954"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "1N6/7K/3p4/1b6/8/8/6P1/5k2 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kg6 $1 ( 1.g4 $2 d5 2.g5 d4 3.g6 d3 4.g7 Bc4 ) 1...d5 2.Kf5 d4 3.Nd7 $1 ( 3. Ke4 $2 d3 4.Ke3 Ke1 ) 3...d3 4.Nb6 $1 ( 4.Nf6 $2 Bc6 ) 4...d2 5.Nd5 Ke2 ( 5... Kxg2 {<main>} 6.Nc3 Kf3 7.Ke5 Ba4 8.Kd4 Bc2 9.Nd1 Ke2 10.Nb2 ) 6.Nc3+ ( 6.Kf4 $2 Bc6 7.Nc3+ Kd3 8.Nd1 Bxg2 ) 6...Kd3 7.Ne4 $1 d1=Q 8.Nf2+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1955"] [Round ""] [White "Mitrofanov=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1955"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "5k1K/7P/8/1P6/6N1/8/8/3b4 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf6 $1 ( 1.Ne5 $2 Bb3 $1 2.Ng6+ Kf7 3.Ne7 Bc2 4.Nc6 Bf5 $1 5.b6 Bc8 6.Na5 Kf8 $1 ) 1...Kf7 ( 1...Be2 2.b6 Ba6 3.Nd7+ Kf7 4.Nc5 Bc8 5.b7 Bxb7 6.Nxb7 Kf8 7.Nd6 ) ( 1...Bf3 2.Nd7+ Kf7 3.Ne5+ ) ( 1...Ba4 2.b6 Bc6 3.Nd7+ Kf7 4.Ne5+ ) ( 1... Bb3 2.b6 ) 2.Ne4 Bb3 ( 2...Ba4 3.Nc3 ) 3.Nc3 Be6 ( 3...Bc4 4.b6 Ba6 5.Ne4 Kf8 6.Nd6 ) 4.b6 Bc8 5.Ne4 Kf8 ( 5...Ba6 6.Nc5 $1 ( 6.Nd6+ Kf8 7.b7 Bxb7 8.Nxb7 Kf7 9.Nd6+ Kf8 ) ) 6.Nc5 ( 6.Nd6 $2 Ba6 7.b7 Bxb7 8.Nxb7 Kf7 ) 6...Kf7 7.b7 Bxb7 8. Nxb7 Kf8 9.Nd6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1960"] [Round ""] [White "Kalinin=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1960"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "k3K3/N7/1P6/4P3/3b4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.e6 $1 ( 1.Kd7 $2 Kb7 $1 2.e6 Bf6 3.Nc8 Bh4 ) 1...Bxb6 ( 1...Kb7 {<main>} 2. Nb5 Bc5 ( 2...Bxb6 3.Kd7 ) ( 2...Bf6 3.Nc7 $1 ) 3.Nc3 Bxb6 4.Ne4 $1 ) 2.Kd7 Bc5 3.Nc8 Bf8 4.Kc7 $1 Ba3 5.Nd6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1979"] [Round ""] [White "Meleghegy=C"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1979"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "8/3K4/4P3/p2k4/7N/bP6/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ng6 $1 Kd4 2.Ne7 Kd3 ( 2...Kc3 3.b4 $1 Kxb4 4.Nc8 ) 3.Nc6 Bf8 4.Nxa5 Kc3 5.e7 $1 Bxe7 6.Kxe7 Kb4 7.Kd6 Kxa5 8.Kc5 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1980"] [Round ""] [White "Matous=M"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1980"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "6"] [FEN "8/8/2b5/8/7k/4p3/7K/4N3 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nc2 $1 ( 1.Kg1 $2 Kg3 2.Kf1 Bb5+ 3.Kg1 e2 4.Ng2 Bc6 5.Ne1 Be4 6.Ng2 Kf3 $1 7. Kh1 $1 Kf2 8.Kh2 Bh7 9.Kh1 Bg6 10.Kh2 Be4 ) 1...e2 2.Nd4 $1 e1=Q 3.Nf3+ Bxf3 1/2-1/2
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