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Miniatures are studies up to 7 figures.
Examples with Knight against Queen.
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1917"] [Round ""] [White "Kubbel=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1917"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "kNK5/8/1P6/1p6/1P6/3q4/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.b7+ Ka7 2.Nc6+ Ka6 ( 2...Kb6 3.b8=Q+ Kxc6 4.Qb7+ Kd6 5.Qd7+ ) 3.b8=N+ $1 ( 3. b8=Q $2 Qd7+ 4.Kxd7 ) 3...Kb6 4.Nd7+ Kxc6 ( 4...Ka6 5.Nc5+ ) 5.Ne5+ Kd5 6.Nxd3 Kc4 7.Kc7 Kxd3 8.Kb6 Kc4 9.Ka5 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1955"] [Round ""] [White "Chekhover=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1955"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "19"] [FEN "8/3P4/3q4/2p1N3/2P1K3/8/4k3/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kf4 $1 ( 1.Kf5 $2 Ke3 2.Ng4+ Kd4 ) 1...Kd2 2.Ke4 Qd4+ 3.Kf5 Ke3 4.Ke6 Ke4 5. Nc6 Qxc4+ 6.Kd6 Qd5+ 7.Kc7 c4 ( 7...Qf7 8.Kd6 $1 ( 8.Kc8 $2 Kd5 9.d8=Q+ Kxc6 ) ) 8.d8=Q Qxd8+ 9.Kxd8 c3 10.Nb4 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1967"] [Round ""] [White "Brieger=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1967"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "K7/8/P7/8/8/3N4/8/6qk w - - 0 1"] 1.a7 ( 1.Nc5 $2 Qxc5 2.a7 Qc8# ) 1...Qb6 ( 1...Qg8+ {<main>} 2.Kb7 Qd5+ 3.Kb6 $1 Qa8 4.Nb4 Kg2 5.Na6 Kf3 6.Nc7 ) 2.Nb4 Qc7 3.Na6 Qc6+ 4.Kb8 Qb6+ 5.Ka8 Kg2 6. Nc7 $1 Kf3 ( 6...Qxc7 ) 7.Nd5 Qb5 8.Nb6 Ke4 ( 8...Qxb6 ) 9.Kb7 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1977"] [Round ""] [White "Pogosyants=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1977"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "7"] [FEN "k2N4/8/KP6/7q/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.b7+ Kb8 2.Kb6 Qe8 3.Nc6+ Qxc6+ 4.Kxc6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1985"] [Round ""] [White "Richter=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1985"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "22"] [FEN "5K2/5P2/4N3/5k2/8/8/8/4q3 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf4 $1 ( 1.Ng7+ $2 Kg6 $1 2.Kg8 Qe5 $1 3.f8=Q ( 3.f8=N+ Kh6 4.Nfe6 Qf6 $1 5. Kh8 Qf7 ) 3...Qd5+ 4.Kh8 Qh1+ 5.Kg8 Qh7# ) ( 1.Kg7 $2 Qg3+ 2.Kh8 Qh4+ 3.Kg8 Qg4+ 4.Ng7+ ( 4.Kh8 Qh5+ 5.Kg8 Kg6 6.Nf8+ Kh6 ) 4...Kg6 5.f8=N+ Kh6 ) 1...Kf6 2.Nd5+ ( 2.Nh5+ $2 Kg6 $1 3.Nf4+ Kh6 $1 ) 2...Kg6 ( 2...Ke5 3.Kg7 $1 Qg3+ 4.Kh7 Qh4+ 5.Kg7 Qg5+ 6.Kh7 Qf5+ 7.Kg7 $1 Qd7 8.Kg8 Qxd5 9.Kh8 $1 ) ( 2...Kg5 3.Kg8 Qe6 4.Nf4 $1 Qb3 5.Kg7 Qc3+ 6.Kg8 Qc4 7.Kg7 Qd4+ 8.Kg8 $1 ) 3.Ne7+ $1 Kf6 4. Nd5+ ( 4.Ng8+ $2 Ke6 5.Ke8 Kd6+ 6.Kd8 ( 6.Kf8 Qe5 $1 ) 6...Qa5+ 7.Ke8 Qa8# ) 4...Kg5 ( 4...Ke6 5.Nf4+ Kd7 6.Ng6 ) 5.Kg8 ( 5.Nf4 $2 Kh6 $1 ) ( 5.Ne7 $2 Qe5 $1 6.Kg8 ( 6.Ke8 Qb8+ 7.Kd7 Qf8 ) 6...Qe6 ) ( 5.Kg7 $2 Qe5+ $1 6.Kh7 Qf5+ 7.Kg7 Qg6+ 8.Kf8 Kh6 $1 ) 5...Qe6 6.Nf4 ( 6.Kg7 $2 Qe5+ ) ( 6.Nc7 $2 Qg6+ 7.Kf8 Qc6 $1 8.Kg8 Kg6 9.f8=N+ Kf6 $1 ) 6...Kxf4 ( 6...Qa2 7.Kg7 $1 ) 7.Kh8 Qc8+ 8.Kg7 Qd7 9.Kh8 ( 9.Kg8 $2 Kg5 10.f8=Q Kg6 $1 ) 9...Qd8+ 10.Kg7 Qd7 11.Kh8 Qxf7 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1985"] [Round ""] [White "Rezvov=N"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1985"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "23"] [FEN "8/Pk6/4P3/5N2/8/8/P3q3/2K5 w - - 0 1"] 1.e7 ( 1.Nd6+ $2 Ka8 $1 ) 1...Ka8 $1 ( 1...Kxa7 2.Nd6 $1 Qxe7 3.Nc8+ ) 2.Kb1 $1 ( 2.a3 $2 Qb5 $1 3.a4 ( 3.Kc2 Qxf5+ ) ( 3.Kd2 Qc6 $1 4.Ke3 Qe6+ 5.Kf4 Kxa7 $1 6.Nd6 Qxd6+ ) 3...Qe5 $1 4.a5 Qb5 $1 5.a6 Qe5 $1 6.Kd2 Kxa7 $1 7.Nd6 Qxd6+ ) 2...Qb5+ 3.Kc1 ( 3.Ka1 $2 Qe5+ 4.Kb1 Qxf5+ ) 3...Qe2 4.Kb1 $1 Qe5 5.Kc1 $1 Qc3+ 6.Kb1 ( 6.Kd1 $2 Qc6 $1 ) 6...Qe5 7.Kc1 Qb5 $1 8.a3 $1 Qe5 $1 9.a4 $1 Qe4 10. Kb2 $1 Kxa7 11.Nd6 Qd4+ {<eg>} ( 11...Qxe7 12.Nc8+ ) 12.Kb3 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1995"] [Round ""] [White "Kuzmichev=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1995"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "19"] [FEN "7K/8/6P1/3q2k1/7p/8/8/6N1 w - - 0 1"] 1.g7 $1 Kh6 $1 ( 1...Qd4 2.Nf3+ ) ( 1...Qe5 2.Nf3+ ) 2.g8=N+ $1 ( 2.g8=Q $2 Qe5+ 3.Qg7+ Qxg7# ) 2...Kg5 ( 2...Kh5 3.Nf6+ ) ( 2...Kg6 3.Ne7+ ) 3.Nh3+ $1 Kg4 ( 3...Kf5 4.Ne7+ ) 4.Nf6+ $1 Kxh3 5.Nxd5 Kg3 6.Ne3 $1 ( 6.Kg7 $2 Kf3 ) 6...Kf3 7.Nf1 $1 Kf2 8.Nh2 $1 Kg2 9.Ng4 $1 Kg3 10.Ne3 $1 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2004"] [Round ""] [White "Staudte=R"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2004"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "17"] [FEN "7K/8/7P/8/8/k5N1/6q1/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.h7 $1 ( 1.Nh5 $2 Qg6 2.h7 Qf7 3.Nf6 Kb4 4.Ng8 Kc5 5.Nh6 Qf6+ 6.Kg8 Qg6+ $1 7. Kh8 Kd6 ) ( 1.Nf5 $2 Qg6 2.h7 Kb4 ( 2...Qf7 $2 3.Nh6 $1 Qf6+ 4.Kg8 Qg6+ 5.Kh8 ) 3.Ne7 Qf7 $1 4.Ng8 Kc5 5.Nh6 Qf6+ 6.Kg8 Qg6+ $1 7.Kh8 Kd6 ) 1...Qd5 2.Nf5 $1 ( 2.Kg7 $2 Qg5+ 3.Kh8 Qf6+ 4.Kg8 Qg6+ 5.Kh8 Qf7 6.Ne4 Qf8# ) 2...Qf7 3.Nh6 $1 ( 3.Ne7 $2 Kb4 4.Ng8 Kc5 5.Nh6 Qf6+ 6.Kg8 Qg6+ ) 3...Qf6+ 4.Kg8 Qg6+ 5.Kh8 Kb4 6. Nf7 $1 Kc5 ( 6...Qxf7 ) 7.Ne5 $1 Qg5 8.Ng6 $1 Kd5 ( 8...Qxg6 ) 9.Kg7 $1 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "2013"] [Round ""] [White "Skripnik=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "2013"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "19"] [FEN "3K4/1N6/2k2PP1/2P5/8/8/8/1q6 w - - 0 1"] 1.Na5+ $1 Kxc5 ( 1...Kd5 2.f7 Qb8+ 3.Kd7 Qa7+ 4.Ke8 Ke6 5.f8=N+ ) 2.g7 ( 2.f7 $2 Qb8+ 3.Ke7 Qd6+ ) 2...Qb8+ 3.Ke7 Kd5 4.f7 Qc7+ 5.Ke8 ( 5.Kf8 $2 Qd8# ) 5... Ke6 ( 5...Qe5+ {<main>} 6.Kf8 Qb8+ 7.Ke7 Qd6+ 8.Ke8 Ke6 9.f8=N+ Kf6 10.g8=N+ Kg7 11.Ne7 ( 11.Nd7 $2 Kxg8 ) 11...Qb8+ 12.Kd7 Qa7+ 13.Kd6 $1 ( 13.Ke6 $2 Qxa5 14.Nd7 Qa6+ ) 13...Qxa5 14.Ne6+ Kf7 15.Nc6 Qa3+ ( 15...Qd2+ 16.Ned4 $1 ( 16. Ncd4 $2 Kf6 ) ) 16.Nc5 ) 6.f8=N+ Kd6 7.g8=N $1 Qxa5 8.Kf7 Qf5+ 9.Kg7 Qg5+ 10. Kf7 1/2-1/2
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