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Examples with Two Knights against others.
[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1851"] [Round ""] [White "Kling=J Horwitz=B"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1851"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "7"] [FEN "5q2/4p3/1K2k3/4N3/4N3/8/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nc5+ Kf5 ( 1...Kd5 2.e4+ Kd4 ( 2...Kxe5 3.Nd7+ Kxe4 4.Nxf8 ) 3.Ne6+ Kxe5 4. Nxf8 ) ( 1...Kd6 {<main>} 2.Nc4+ Kd5 3.Ne3+ Kd6 4.Nc4+ ) 2.e4+ Kxe5 ( 2...Kf4 3.Ng6+ Kg5 4.Nxf8 ) ( 2...Kf6 3.Ned7+ Kf7 4.Nxf8 ) ( 2...Kg5 3.Ne6+ Kf6 4.Nxf8 ) 3.Nd7+ Kxe4 4.Nxf8 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1852"] [Round ""] [White "Nathan=N"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1852"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "5"] [FEN "4k3/1K2n1n1/5P2/4N3/4N3/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.f7+ Kf8 ( 1...Kd8 2.Nc5 Nd5 ( 2...Ngf5 3.Ne6# ) 3.Nc6# ) 2.Ng5 Nd5 ( 2...Ngf5 3.Ne6# ) 3.Ng6# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1858"] [Round ""] [White "Loyd=S"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1858"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "8/8/8/8/4p3/5pNN/4p3/2K1k3 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf5 Kf1 ( 1...f2 2.Ne3 f1=Q 3.Nc2# ) ( 1...e3 2.Ng3 f2 3.Nf4 f1=Q 4.Nd3# ) 2. Ne3+ Ke1 3.Kc2 f2 4.Kc1 f1=Q 5.Nc2# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1913"] [Round ""] [White "Moller=F"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1913"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "8/8/2n1n3/8/6N1/5N2/K3p3/5k2 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nf6 $1 Kf2 $1 ( 1...Nb4+ 2.Kb1 $1 Kf2 3.Ne1 ) 2.Ne1 $1 Kxe1 3.Ne4 $1 Kd1 ( 3...Kf1 {<main>} 4.Ng3+ Kf2 5.Nxe2 ) 4.Nc3+ Kd2 5.Nxe2 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1928"] [Round "2"] [White "Gorgiev=T"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1928"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "13"] [FEN "4NN2/8/8/6Pk/8/5nK1/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.g6 Nh4 $1 ( 1...Nd4 {<main>} 2.Kf4 $1 Nc6 $1 ( 2...Ne6+ 3.Kf5 Nxf8 4.g7 Ng6 5.Nf6+ ) 3.g7 Ne7 4.Ke5 Kg5 5.Ke6 Ng8 6.Nd6 Kh6 ( 6...Nh6 7.Nf5 Ng8 8.Kf7 Nf6 9.Nd7 ) 7.Nf5+ Kg5 8.Kf7 Nf6 9.Nd7 ) 2.Ng7+ $1 Kg5 $1 ( 2...Kh6 3.Kxh4 Kxg7 4. Kg5 Kxf8 5.Kf6 ) 3.Nge6+ Kh6 $1 ( 3...Kh5 4.Nf4+ Kg5 5.Nh7+ $1 ) 4.g7 $1 ( 4. Kxh4 $2 ) 4...Nf5+ 5.Kg4 $1 Nxg7 6.Nd4 $1 Ne6 7.Nf5# 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1936"] [Round ""] [White "Rinck=H"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1936"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "8/n2K4/k3N3/P6n/2N5/8/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Nc7+ ( 1.Nc5+ $2 Kb5 ) ( 1.Kc7 $2 Nf6 2.Nd4 Nd5+ 3.Kd6 Nb4 ) 1...Kb7 2.a6+ ( 2.Nd6+ $2 Kb8 3.Na6+ ( 3.a6 Nf6+ ) 3...Ka8 4.Nc8 ( 4.Kc7 Nf4 5.Nb4 Nb5+ 6.Nxb5 Nd5+ 7.Kc6 ( 7.Nxd5 ) 7...Nxb4+ 8.Kb6 Kb8 9.Nc7 Kc8 ) 4...Nxc8 5.Kxc8 Ka7 ) ( 2.Ne5 $2 Nf6+ 3.Kd8 ( 3.Kd6 Ne4+ ) 3...Nc6+ 4.Nxc6 Kxc6 5.Kc8 Nd7 ) 2...Kb8 3. Ne5 ( 3.Na5 $2 Nf6+ 4.Kd8 Ne4 5.Ne6 Nd6 ) 3...Nf6+ ( 3...Ng7 {<main>} 4.Kd8 Ne6+ ( 4...Nc8 {<main>} 5.Nc6# ( 5.Nb5 $2 Na7 $1 6.Nc7 ( 6.Nxa7 Kxa7 ) 6...Nc8 ) ) ( 4...Nc6+ 5.Nxc6# ) 5.Nxe6 Nc8 6.Nc6+ Ka8 7.Nc7# ) ( 3...Nf4 4.Kd8 ) 4.Kd8 ( 4.Kd6 $2 Ne4+ ) 4...Ne4 5.Nd7# ( 5.Nd5 $2 Nc5 ) ( 5.Nc4 $2 Nc5 ) 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1950"] [Round ""] [White "Kasparyan=G"] [Black ""] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [EventDate "1950"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "27"] [FEN "8/8/2N1KN2/8/r7/8/1P3r2/7k w - - 0 1"] 1.b4 Ra6 ( 1...Rc2 2.Kd6 Ra6 3.b5 Rb6 4.Nd5 Rxb5 5.Nd4 ) 2.b5 Rb6 3.Ne4 Re2 ( 3...Rf3 4.Nd6 ) 4.Kd5 $1 Rxb5+ 5.Kc4 $1 Reb2 6.Nf2+ $1 Kh2 7.Nd1 R2b3 ( 7...Rb1 8.Nc3 ) 8.Nc3 Rb7 ( 8...Rb6 9.Nd5 Rb7 ( 9...R6b5 10.Nd4 ) 10.Na5 ) 9.Na5 R3b4+ ( 9...R7b4+ 10.Kc5 Rb2 11.Nc4 ) 10.Kc5 R7b6 ( 10...Rb8 11.Nc6 ) 11.Nc6 Rb2 ( 11...Rb3 12.Nd4 Rb2 13.Na4 ) 12.Na4 R6b5+ 13.Kc4 R2b3 14.Nc3 1/2-1/2
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1964"] [Round ""] [White "Soukup Bardon=B"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1964"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "9"] [FEN "8/6p1/4K3/6N1/1p6/6k1/8/4N3 w - - 0 1"] 1.Kf5 $1 ( 1.Nd3 $2 b3 2.Kf5 g6+ $1 3.Kf6 Kg4 $1 ) ( 1.Nc2 $2 b3 2.Na3 Kf4 3. Nh3+ Kg4 4.Nf2+ Kf3 ) ( 1.Kf7 $2 Kf4 2.Kg6 b3 3.Ne6+ Ke3 4.Nc5 Kd2 $1 ) 1...b3 ( 1...g6+ 2.Ke4 b3 3.Kd3 ) ( 1...Kf2 2.Nd3+ ) 2.Ne4+ $1 ( 2.Kg6 $2 Kf4 $1 3. Ne6+ Ke3 4.Nc5 Kd2 5.Nf3+ Kc2 6.Nd4+ Kc3 7.Ndxb3 Kc4 $1 ) 2...Kh3 3.Kg6 $1 Kg4 4.Nd2 b2 5.Nd3 1-0
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[Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "1966"] [Round ""] [White "Peronace=C Carlsson=O"] [Black ""] [Result "1-0"] [EventDate "1966"] [SetUp "1"] [PlyCount "25"] [FEN "1K3k2/8/2N2NP1/8/p7/5p2/8/8 w - - 0 1"] 1.Ne7 ( 1.Nh5 $2 f2 2.g7+ Kf7 3.Ne5+ Kg8 4.Ng4 f1=Q 5.Nh6+ Kh7 6.g8=Q+ Kxh6 ) 1...Kxe7 ( 1...f2 2.Nf5 f1=Q 3.g7+ Kf7 4.g8=Q+ Kxf6 5.Qg7+ Ke6 6.Qe7+ Kd5 7. Ne3+ ) 2.g7 f2 3.g8=Q f1=Q 4.Qe8+ Kd6 5.Qd7+ Kc5 ( 5...Ke5 6.Ng4+ Ke4 7.Qxa4+ ) 6.Ne4+ Kb4 7.Qd6+ Ka5 8.Qc7+ Ka6 9.Qa7+ Kb5 10.Qc5+ Ka6 11.Nc3 Qf4+ 12.Ka8 Qf3+ 13.Nd5 1-0
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