White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 085 to 096

85

(Arnoldo Ellerman - Circolo Luigi Centurini, Giorgio Guidelli M.T. 1st Prize, 1925)

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1.Rd7! ~ 2.Qf4#
1...Bf2 2.Qxh1#
1...Bf3 2.Qd3#
1...Qh8+ 2.Sd8#
1...Qe5 2.Sc5#
1...Qd4 2.Sd6#
1...Qxb7+ 2.Bxb7#
1...Qf2 2.Sd8#
1...Rd4 2.Re7#

Date added: 19/1/2021

86

(Israel Abraham Schiffmann - Bristol Times and Mirror 1st Prize, 1927)

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1.Qf3! ~ 2.Nb4#
1...Kb3 2.Nc1#
1...b1=Q 2.Rc2#
1...Qxf3+ 2.Re4#
1...Rxf3 2.Rg4#

Date added: 19/1/2021

87

(Odd Erik Backe - Tidskrift för Schack, Nov 1969)

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1.Bh4! ~ 2.Nh3#
1...Ke1 2.Qd1#
1...Kg1 2.Qh1#

Date added: 20/1/2021

88

(Erno Szentgyorgyi - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 May 1933)

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1.Qe4+!
1...Kh3 2.Rh1#
1...Kh5 2.Rh1#

Date added: 20/1/2021

89

(Edward H. Courtenay - The New York Clipper, 1868)

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1.Qe3! ~
2.Qb6#
2.Qa3#
1...Ka5 2.Qa3#

Date added: 20/1/2021

90

(Carl Eugene Neuhaus - American Chess Bulletin, Sep 1940)

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1.Qa5!
1...b1=Q 2.Qc3#
1...b1=S 2.Qa2#
1...b1=R 2.Qc3#
1...b1=B 2.Qc3#
1...Kb1 2.Bg6#
1...Kxb3 2.Bd1#

Date added: 20/1/2021

91

(Geoffrey Arthur Mott Smith - The Chess Review, Nov 1939)

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1.Ka2! ~ 2.Qb3#
1...Qa3+ 2.Qxa3#
1...Qb4 2.Qc2#
1...Qa7 2.Nd5#
1...Qb6
2.Qc4#
2.Nd5#
1...Qc4+ 2.Qxc4#
1...Qa5 2.Qxa5#
1...Qb5 2.Qd4#
1...Qd5+ 2.Nxd5#

Date added: 20/1/2021

92

(Vladimir Bariak - Pravda (Bratislava), 2 May 2002)

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1.Bd3! ~ 2.Qf1#
1...Kh3 2.Qg3#
1...Kf3 2.Qg3#
1...Rh1 2.Qg3#

Date added: 20/1/2021

93

(Unto Heinonen - Avotakka 1st Prize, 1968)

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1.Nd4! zz
1...Kd6/exf6 2.Bf4#
1...dxe6 2.Nc6#
1...d6 2.Qf5#
1...d5 2.Qf4#

Date added: 22/1/2021

94

(Tivadar Kardos - Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1988)

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1.Qb6! (2.Qb8#)
1...Nc6/Nb7 2.Qb7#
1...axb6 2.Ra1#

Date added: 22/1/2021

95

(Touw Hian Bwee - Probleemblad 1st Prize, Jul 1970)

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1.Bd4!
1...Bf2 2.Be5#
1...d1=Q 2.Be5#
1...Kg4 2.Bf2#
1...g4 2.Rc3#
1...Rh8 (Rh~) 2.Qxg5#

Date added: 22/1/2021

96

(Francisco Salazar Lopez - Thèmes-64 2nd Prize, 1968)

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1.Nf5! (2.Nbd6#)
1...Kxe4 2.Nfd4#
1...Rexe4/Rfxe4 2.Nbd4#
1...Rc2 2.Nc3#
1...Rxf5 2.Qd7#

Date added: 22/1/2021