Podemos descrever miniaturas como sendo partidas agressivas, brilhantes e de poucos lances.
| Philadelphia, 1936 | Nova York, 1896 | Colonia, 1911 | |||||
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| Arnold | Hanauer | Teed | Delmar | Mulock | Kostitch | ||
| 1. P4D | C3BR | 1. P4D | P4BR | 1. P4R | P4R | ||
| 2. P4BD | P4R | 2. B5C | P3TR | 2. C3BR | C3BD | ||
| 3. P5D? | B4B | 3. B4B | P4CR | 3. B4B | C5D | ||
| 4. B5C? | C5R | 4. B3C | P5B | 4. CxP | D4C! | ||
| 5. BxD | BxP++ | 5. P3R! | P4T? | 5. CxPB | DxPC | ||
| 6. B3D! | T3T? | 6. T1B | DxPR+ | ||||
| 7. DxP+! | TxD | 7. B2R | C6B++ | ||||
| 8. B6C++ | |||||||
| Chicago, 1917 | Moscou, 1927 | Londres, 1893 | |||||
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| Halbohm | Moorman | Rabinovitch | Löwenfisch | Grundy | Ranken | ||
| 1. P4R | P4R | 1. P4R | C3BR | 1. P4R | P4R | ||
| 2. C3BR | P3D | 2. P5R | C4D | 2. C3BR | C3BD | ||
| 3. P4D | C2D | 3. C3BR | P3D | 3. P3B | C3B | ||
| 4. B4BD | P3TR | 4. B2R? | C5B! | 4. P4D | P4D | ||
| 5. PxP | PxP | 5. B1B | PxP | 5. B5CD | CxP | ||
| 6. BxP+ | RxB | 6. CxP | D4D | 6. CxP | B2D | ||
| 7. CxP+ | R3B | 7. C3BR | D5R+ | 7. D3C | D2R | ||
| 8. D5D | C2R? | 8. B2R | CxP+ | 8. DxP | CxC | ||
| 9. D7B+ | RxC | 9. R1B | B6T | 9. DxP? | C6B+ | ||
| 10. B4B+ | R5D | 10. P3D | C5T+ | 10. R1B | C6C+ | ||
| 11. D6R | C4BD? | 11. R1R | CxC++ | 11. PTxC | D8R++ | ||
| 12. B3R++ | se 11. R1C, D5C++. |
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| Varsóvia, 1917 | Whitby, 1969 | S. Petersburgo, 1891 | |||||
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| Belitzmann | Rubinstein | Rhodes | Formanek | Principe Dadian |
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| 1. P4R | P4R | 1. P4BD | P4R | 1. P4R | P4R | ||
| 2. C3BR | C3BD | 2. C3BD | P3D | 2. P4BR | C3BD | ||
| 3. C3B | C3B | 3. P3CR | B2R | 3. C3BR | P4CR | ||
| 4. B5C | C5D | 4. B2C | C3BD | 4. B4B | P5C | ||
| 5. B4B | B4B | 5. P3R | P4B | 5. O-O | PxC | ||
| 6. CxP | D2R | 6. CR2R | C3B | 6. DxP | D3B | ||
| 7. C3D | P4D | 7. O-O | O-O | 7. P5R | DxP | ||
| 8. CxP | DxP+ | 8. P3D | D1R | 8. P3CD!? | B3T | ||
| 9. C3R | B3D | 9. T1C | P4CR | 9. B2C? | DxB | ||
| 10. O-O | P4CD! | 10. P4B | PCxP | 10. C3B | C3BD | ||
| 11. B3C | B2C | 11. PCxP | R1T | 11. D5T | DxPB | ||
| 12. C1R | D5T | 12. R1T | T1CR | 12. TD1R+ | R1D | ||
| 13. P3C | D6T | 13. C5D | D3C | 13. TxP | BxT | ||
| 14. P3BD | P4TR! | 14. T1C | C5C | mate em três: | |||
| 15. PxC | P5T | 15. D1R | B5T!! | 14. T8R+!! | |||
| 16. D2R | DxPT+! | 16. C3C | ... | etc. | |||
| 17. RxD | PxP+dup. | (se 16. CxB, D3T!! |
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| 18. R1C | T8T++ | ||||||
| 16. ... | CxPT | ||||||
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