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Miniatures are studies up to 7 figures.
Examples with Knight against Rook.
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1906"] [Round ""] [White "Platov=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1906"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "11"] [FEN "2k5/8/P3P3/3K4/p4N2/8/8/6r1 w - - 0 1"] 1.a7 Kb7 ( 1...Rg5+ {<main>} 2.Kc6 Ra5 3.e7 Ra6+ 4.Kb5 ) ( 1...Rd1+ 2.Kc6 Rc1+ 3.Kb6 Rb1+ 4.Ka6 ) 2.a8=Q+ $1 ( 2.e7 $2 Rg8 3.Ne6 Re8 4.a8=Q+ Rxa8 $1 5.Nd8+ Kc7 6.e8=Q Rxd8+ 7.Qxd8+ Kxd8 ) 2...Kxa8 3.e7 Rd1+ $1 ( 3...Rg8 {<main>} 4.Ne6 a3 ( 4...Re8 5.Nc7+ ) ( 4...Rb8 5.Nd8 ) 5.Nf8 ) 4.Nd3 $1 Rxd3+ 5.Ke4 Rd1 6. e8=Q+ 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1910"] [Round ""] [White "Lazard=F"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1910"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "1r6/4P1P1/8/7k/8/7N/8/4K3 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf4+ Kh6 $1 2.Ne6 Re8 3.g8=Q $1 Rxg8 4.Nf8 Rg5 $1 5.Ng6 $1 ( 5.e8=Q $2 Re5+ 6.Qxe5 ) 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1911.12.24"] [Round ""] [White "Troitzky=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1911"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "27"] [FEN "8/7N/1k2PK2/7r/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.e7 Rh6+ 2.Kf5 $1 ( 2.Ke5 $2 Rh1 ( 2...Rh5+ $2 3.Kd6 Rh6+ ( 3...Rh1 4.Nf6 Rd1+ ( 4...Re1 5.Nd7+ Kb5 6.Ne5 Rd1+ 7.Ke6 ) 5.Ke5 Re1+ 6.Ne4 ) 4.Nf6 $1 Rxf6+ ( 4...Rh8 5.Nd7+ Kb7 6.Nf8 Rh6+ ( 6...Rh1 7.e8=Q ) 7.Kd7 ) ( 4...Rh1 5.e8=Q Rd1+ 6.Nd5+ ) 5.Kd5 Rf5+ 6.Kd4 Rf4+ 7.Kd3 Rf3+ 8.Ke2 ) 3.Nf6 Rh8 ( 3...Re1+ $2 4.Ne4 ) 4.Nd7+ Kc7 5.Nf8 Rh1 6.Kf6 $1 Rf1+ 7.Kg7 Re1 ) 2...Rh5+ 3.Kf4 Rh4+ 4.Kf3 Rh3+ 5.Ke2 $1 Rh2+ 6.Kd3 Rh3+ 7.Kd4 Rh4+ 8.Kd5 Rh5+ 9.Kd6 Rh6+ ( 9...Rh1 10.Nf6 Re1 ( 10...Rd1+ 11.Ke5 Re1+ 12.Ne4 ) ( 10...Rh8 11.Nd7+ Kb7 12.Nf8 ) 11.Nd7+ Kb7 12.Ne5 Rd1+ 13.Ke6 ) 10.Nf6 $1 Rxf6+ ( 10...Rh8 11.Nd7+ Kb7 12.Nf8 Rh6+ ( 12... Rh1 13.e8=Q ) 13.Kd7 Rh1 14.e8=Q Rd1+ 15.Ke7 Re1+ 16.Ne6 ) ( 10...Rh1 11.e8=Q Rd1+ 12.Nd5+ ) 11.Kd5 Rf5+ 12.Kd4 Rf4+ 13.Kd3 Rf3+ 14.Ke2 $1 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1916"] [Round ""] [White "Holm=E"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1916"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "8/1r6/1N1Pp3/1P6/8/4k3/8/3K4 w - - 0 1"] 1.d7 Rb8 ( 1...Rxb6 2.d8=Q Rxb5 3.Qd2+ Ke4 ( 3...Kf3 4.Qe2+ ) 4.Qe2+ ) 2.Nc8 Rxb5 3.Nb6 $1 Rb4 ( 3...Rb3 4.Nc4+ Kd4 ( 4...Ke4 5.Nd2+ ) 5.d8=Q+ Kxc4 6.Ke2 Rb2+ 7.Ke3 Rb3+ 8.Ke4 ) 4.Nd5+ exd5 5.d8=Q 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1968"] [Round ""] [White "Bron=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1968"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "11"] [FEN "8/8/5kPP/7K/2r4N/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.h7 Kg7 ( 1...Rc8 2.Kh6 ) 2.Nf5+ Kh8 3.Nd6 Rc7 ( 3...Rc5+ 4.Kg4 ) 4.Nf7+ Rxf7 5.gxf7 Kxh7 6.f8=R 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1972"] [Round ""] [White "Zadonski=O"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1972"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "43"] [FEN "r5N1/5P2/4p3/8/8/8/P4K1k/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf6 $1 Rxa2+ ( 1...Rf8 2.Ng4+ Kh3 3.Ne5 ) 2.Ke3 Ra3+ 3.Ke4 Ra4+ 4.Ke5 Ra5+ 5. Kxe6 Ra6+ 6.Ke5 ( 6.Kf5 $2 Ra8 $1 7.Ne8 Ra1 8.Ke6 Re1+ ) 6...Ra5+ 7.Ke4 Ra4+ 8. Kf3 $1 Ra3+ ( 8...Ra8 9.Ne8 $1 Ra1 10.Ke2 ) 9.Kg4 $1 Ra4+ 10.Kg5 Ra5+ 11.Kg6 Ra8 12.Ne8 $1 Ra6+ 13.Kg5 Ra5+ 14.Kg4 Ra4+ 15.Kf3 Ra1 $1 16.Ke2 $1 Ra2+ 17.Ke3 Ra3+ 18.Ke4 Ra4+ 19.Ke5 Ra5+ 20.Ke6 Ra6+ 21.Kd7 $1 Ra7+ 22.Nc7 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1984"] [Round ""] [White "Eisert=S Rehm=H"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1984"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "23"] [FEN "K7/P1Nk4/P7/8/4r3/4P3/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ne8 $1 ( 1.Ne6 $2 Rb4 $1 2.Nf8+ $1 Kc6 3.e4 $1 Rxe4 4.Nd7 Re6 5.Nb8+ Kc7 6. Nd7 Re8+ 7.Nb8 Re7 8.Nd7 Rf7 9.Nb8 Kb6 $1 ) ( 1.Nd5 $2 Kc6 $1 ) ( 1.Nb5 $2 Re5 $1 ( 1...Rb4 $2 2.Nc3 Kc6 3.e4 Rd4 4.Nd5 ) 2.Nd6 Kc7 3.e4 Re6 4.e5 Rxe5 5.Nb5+ Kb6 $1 6.Nd6 Rd5 7.Nc8+ Kc7 8.Nd6 Rd1 ) 1...Kc6 ( 1...Rb4 2.Nf6+ Kc6 3.e4 $1 Rd4 4.Nd5 ) 2.Nd6 $1 Rb4 3.Nf5 $1 Kc7 4.e4 $1 Rxe4 5.Ne7 $1 Re5 6.Nd5+ Kc6 7. Nf6 Rb5 8.Ng8 $1 Re5 9.Nf6 Kc7 10.Nd5+ Kc6 11.Nf6 Rb5 12.Ng8 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1985"] [Round ""] [White "Moz Zhukin=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1985"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "27"] [FEN "8/2K5/2p5/1r3P2/4k3/7N/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ng5+ ( 1.Nf2+ $2 Kd4 2.Kxc6 Rxf5 3.Nd1 Rf1 ) 1...Kd5 2.Nh7 $1 ( 2.f6 $2 Rb1 $1 3.f7 Rf1 4.Kd7 c5 5.Ke7 c4 6.f8=Q Rxf8 7.Kxf8 c3 8.Nh3 Ke4 9.Nf2+ Kd4 10.Nd1 c2 ) 2...c5 3.f6 Ra5 4.Kb7 Rb5+ 5.Kc7 Ra5 6.Kb7 Ra1 7.f7 Rf1 8.f8=Q Rxf8 9.Nxf8 c4 10.Ng6 Ke4 11.Nf8 $1 c3 12.Ne6 c2 ( 12...Kd3 {<main>} 13.Nf4+ Kd2 14.Ne6 Kd3 15.Nf4+ Kd2 16.Ne6 c2 17.Nd4 c1=Q 18.Nb3+ ) 13.Nc5+ Ke3 14.Nb3 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1997"] [Round ""] [White "Rezvov=N Tkachenko=SN"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1997"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "23"] [FEN "K7/6N1/3P4/4p3/1r3k2/8/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.d7 ( 1.Ne6+ $2 Ke3 2.d7 Ra4+ 3.Kb7 Rb4+ 4.Kc7 Rc4+ 5.Kd6 Rc1 6.Nc5 Rd1+ 7.Nd3 Kxe2 ) 1...Ra4+ ( 1...Rd4 2.Ne6+ ) 2.Kb7 Rb4+ 3.Kc6 ( 3.Kc7 $2 Rc4+ 4.Kd6 Rd4+ ) 3...Rb8 ( 3...Rc4+ 4.Kb5 $1 Rd4 5.Ne6+ ) 4.Kc7 Ra8 $1 5.Kb7 Rh8 $1 ( 5...Rd8 6.Ne6+ ) ( 5...Rf8 6.Ne6+ ) ( 5...Rg8 6.Ne8 ) 6.e4 $1 ( 6.Ne8 $2 Rh7 7.Kc6 Rxd7 8.Kxd7 Ke3 ) 6...Kf3 ( 6...Ke3 {<main>} 7.Kc7 $1 Ra8 $1 8.Nf5+ $1 Kxe4 9.Nd6+ Kf3 10.Nc8 ) ( 6...Kxe4 7.Ne8 Rh7 8.Nf6+ ) ( 6...Kg5 7.Ne8 Rh7 8.Kc6 Rxd7 9. Kxd7 Kf4 10.Nd6 ) 7.Kc6 $1 ( 7.Kc7 $2 Ra8 $1 8.Nf5 $1 Ra7+ $1 9.Kc6 Rxd7 10. Kxd7 Kxe4 ) 7...Rd8 ( 7...Ra8 8.Nf5 Kxe4 9.Nd6+ ) 8.Ne6 $1 Rxd7 9.Ng5+ Kf4 10. Kxd7 Kxg5 11.Ke6 $1 Kf4 12.Kd5 1-0
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