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Miniatures are studies up to 7 figures.
Examples with Rooks and Pawns.
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1953"] [Round ""] [White "Richter=F"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1953"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "21"] [FEN "8/6R1/6P1/5r2/8/7k/8/7K w - - 0 1"] 1.Rf7 $1 ( 1.Rh7+ $2 Kg3 2.Rf7 Ra5 3.Rf1 Ra8 ) 1...Ra5 ( 1...Rg5 2.g7 Rg6 3.Rf2 ) 2.Rf3+ $1 Kh4 3.g7 $1 Rg5 4.Rf4+ $1 Kg3 ( 4...Kh5 5.Rf5 $1 ) ( 4...Kh3 5.Rf2 $1 ) 5.Rf1 $1 Rh5+ 6.Kg1 Rg5 7.Rf2 Kh3+ 8.Kh1 Rxg7 9.Rh2+ Kg4 10.Rg2+ Kh3 11. Rxg7 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1954"] [Round ""] [White "Mandler=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1954"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "19"] [FEN "8/8/1r5K/1PR5/8/8/7k/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kh5 $1 ( 1.Kg5 $2 Kg3 2.Kf5 Kf3 3.Ke5 Ke3 4.Kd5 Kd3 $1 ) ( 1.Kg7 $2 Kg3 2.Kf7 Kf4 3.Ke7 Ke4 4.Kd7 Kd4 ) 1...Kh3 ( 1...Kg3 2.Kg5 Kf3 3.Kf5 Ke3 4.Ke5 Kd3 5.Kd5 ) 2.Rg5 $1 Rd6 ( 2...Re6 3.Rd5 $1 Kg3 4.Kg5 Kf3 5.Kf5 ) 3.Rf5 $1 Kg3 4.Kg5 Re6 5.Rd5 $1 Kf3 6.Kf5 Rh6 ( 6...Rb6 7.Ke5 Ke3 8.Rc5 ) 7.Rd3+ $1 Ke2 8.Rb3 Kd2 ( 8...Rb6 9.Ke4 Kd2 10.Kd4 Kc2 11.Rb4 ) 9.b6 Kc2 10.b7 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1954"] [Round ""] [White "Herberg=A"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1954"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "13"] [FEN "8/1R1P4/8/3r4/8/3p4/kP6/3K4 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kd2 ( 1.b4 $2 Kb3 2.b5 Kb4 3.b6 Kb5 ) ( 1.b3 $2 d2 $1 ) 1...Rd6 2.b3 $1 ( 2. b4 $2 Kb3 ) 2...Kb2 3.Rc7 $1 Ka3 ( 3...Kxb3 4.Rc3+ Kb4 5.Rxd3 ) 4.Kc3 Ka2 5. Ra7+ Kb1 6.Kd2 Kb2 7.b4 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1954"] [Round ""] [White "Gilg=K"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1954"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "16"] [FEN "4k3/7R/4P3/7P/5K2/8/8/6r1 b - - 0 1"] 1...Rf1+ 2.Kg5 Rg1+ 3.Kh6 Re1 4.Ra7 $1 ( 4.e7 $2 Re6+ $1 5.Kg5 Rxe7 ) 4...Rxe6+ ( 4...Kf8 5.Rf7+ Ke8 6.Rf6 Ke7 7.Kg7 ) 5.Kg7 Re1 6.Ra6 $1 ( 6.h6 $2 Rg1+ ) 6... Rg1+ 7.Rg6 Rf1 8.Re6+ $1 ( 8.h6 $2 Rf7+ 9.Kh8 Rf1 $1 ( 9...Rf8+ $2 10.Rg8 Kf7 11.h7 ) ) 8...Kd7 9.Rf6 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1954"] [Round ""] [White "Korolkov=V"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1954"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "27"] [FEN "6k1/8/4P3/8/8/3R1K2/Pr1p4/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rd8+ $1 Kg7 2.e7 $1 d1=Q+ ( 2...Rb8 3.Ke2 $1 ) 3.Rxd1 Kf7 4.Re1 Ke8 $1 5.a4 $1 ( 5.Re2 $2 Rb7 ) 5...Rb3+ $1 6.Kg2 $1 ( 6.Kf4 $2 Rb4+ ) 6...Rb2+ 7.Kh1 $1 ( 7.Kg1 $2 Rb4 8.a5 Rb5 9.a6 Rb6 10.a7 Ra6 ) 7...Rb4 8.a5 Rb5 9.a6 Rb6 10.a7 Ra6 ( 10...Rh6+ 11.Kg2 $1 Rg6+ 12.Kh3 Rh6+ 13.Kg4 Rg6+ 14.Kh5 Ra6 15.Rg1 Ra5+ 16. Rg5 ) 11.Rg1 $1 Kxe7 12.Rg8 $1 Rxa7 13.Rg7+ Kf6 14.Rxa7 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1955"] [Round ""] [White "Griesmann=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1955"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "8/5R2/8/8/4k3/1KP5/5pr1/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kc4 $1 ( 1.Kb4 $2 Rg4 $1 2.Rxf2 Ke3+ 3.Kb5 Kxf2 4.c4 Ke3 5.c5 Kd4 6.c6 Kd5 7. c7 Rc4 ) ( 1.Re7+ $2 Kd3 2.Rf7 Ke2 3.Re7+ Kf1 ) ( 1.c4 $2 Rg3+ 2.Kb4 Rf3 ) 1... Rg4 ( 1...Ke3 2.Re7+ Kd2 3.Rf7 Ke2 4.Kd5 Rg3 5.Rxf2+ ) 2.Rxf2 Ke3+ 3.Kd5 Kxf2 4.c4 Ke3 5.c5 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1955"] [Round ""] [White "Lazar=J"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1955"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "11"] [FEN "6KR/Pk6/7P/8/8/7p/7r/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rh7+ ( 1.a8=Q+ $2 Kxa8 2.Kg7+ Kb7 3.h7 Rg2+ 4.Kf6 $1 ( 4.Kh6 h2 5.Rb8+ Ka7 $1 6.Rb1 Rg1 ) 4...Rf2+ $1 ) 1...Ka8 2.Rg7 Rg2 ( 2...Rc2 3.Rg3 Rg2 4.h7 Rxg3+ 5. Kf7 Rf3+ 6.Kg7 Rg3+ 7.Kh6 ) 3.h7 h2 4.h8=R $1 ( 4.h8=Q $2 h1=Q 5.Qxh1 ) 4... h1=Q 5.Rxh1 Rh2 $1 6.Rgg1 $1 ( 6.Rxh2 $2 ) 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1956"] [Round ""] [White "Nikolaev=D"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1956"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "13"] [FEN "8/p7/3P2R1/8/1k3K2/3p4/3r4/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kg3 Rg2+ 2.Kxg2 d2 3.Rg4+ Kc5 4.Rd4 Kxd4 5.d7 d1=Q 6.d8=Q+ Ke3 7.Qxd1 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1957"] [Round ""] [White "Khachian=E"] [Black "(=0400.12h1f1)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1957"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "15"] [FEN "8/2R5/2P2r2/8/2p5/8/7p/5k1K w - - 0 1"] 1.Rc8 c3 2.c7 ( 2.Rh8 $2 c2 3.c7 c1=Q 4.c8=Q Qd1 ) 2...c2 3.Rg8 $1 c1=Q 4.c8=Q Rc6 ( 4...Qd1 5.Rg2 Rf2 6.Qh3 Qd5 7.Qg3 $1 Rxg2 8.Qf3+ Qxf3 ) 5.Qh3+ $1 Ke2+ 6. Kxh2 Qf4+ 7.Kh1 $1 Rh6 8.Rg2+ 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1957"] [Round ""] [White "Prokes=L"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1957"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "4K3/8/1p6/1r1P1R2/1Pk5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Rf4+ Kxd5 2.Kd7 Ke5 3.Kc6 Rd5 4.Rf5+ Kxf5 5.Kxd5 1-0
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