On 12 Apr, 20:43, "Ian Burton" wrote:
"David Richerby" wrote in message

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EJAY wrote:
For the sake of this discussion you may need to specify the number
of moves to define a miniature.25 moves or less?

I've never seen the term `miniature' used to mean anything other than
a game of 25 or fewer moves.

I've never seen it used to mean anything but games under 21 moves -- 20 or
less.
--
Ian Burton
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25 or fewer is common. IIRC it was the limit used by Julius du Mont
for his classic text 200 Miniature Games (the copy I read was borrowed
from the library).

It varies.

In their biography of Najdorf, Lissowski and Mikhalchisin repeatedly
describe 26-move Najdorf wins as miniatures. FWIW decisive and = 25
moves are the criteria which built (and continue to build) my
miniatures database (not miniatures I have lost, there aren't enough
atoms in the universe to store those--rather miniatures by other
players, most of them good).

Mark Houlsby