White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 193 to 204

193

(Guy Wills Chandler - Radio Times, 1958)

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  1. 1.Qa8!
    1...Kxg7 2.Be5#
    1...Bh7 2.Rxf7#
    1...Nxb8 Na6~) 2.Qa1#
    1...fxe6 2.Qf3#

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194

(Comins Mansfield - Radio Times, 1958)

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1.Kf4! ~ 2.Ne5#
1...Qd1 2.Nc3#
1...Qc4+ 2.Nd4#
1...Qxd2+ 2.Nxd2#
1...c4 2.Rh5#
1...Kc4 2.Ke5#
1...Nd6 2.Nc7#
1...Nf6 2.Nc7#

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195

(Antonis Tataris)

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1. Qc6! [2. Qxd5#]
1. ... Bxc5+ 2. Nxc5#
1. ... e6 2. N7d6#
1. ... Rd6/xc6, Bxc6 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Rd4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Ne3 2. d3#

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196

(Leon Fontaine)

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1. Kxh4! [2. Rf5#]
1. ... Rxe6 2. Qxb7#
1. ... Ne7/h6 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Nxc5 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Rxc5 2. Rd3#
1. ... Re3 2. Nxe3#
1. ... Rxf3 2. Bxf3#

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197

(Carl Edvard Modin - Aftonbladet, 1910)

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1.Rg5!
1...Ke5 2.Qe6#
1...Kc5 2.Qc6#
1...c5
2.Qe6#
2.bxc5 ep.#
1...c6 2.bxc6#
1...e5
2.Qc6#
2.fxe5 ep.#
1...e6 2.fxe6#

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198

(Leon Fontaine - Het Belgisch Schaakbord (L'Echiquier Belge), 1955)

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1.Qc2! zz
1...a2 2.Qc1#

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199

(Ervin Goldschmiedt - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 Nov 1926)

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  1. Nc5 - f1=Q

  2. Nd3#


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200

(Oskar Wielgos - Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1962)

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1.Bd4! (2.Nge7#
1...Rcxe6 2.Rc5#
1...Rexe6 2.Nf4#
1...Rxd4 2.Rxd4#

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201

(Rudolf Svoboda - Allgemeine Zeitung (Chemnitz), 1925)

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1.Nb4! zz
1...Bb1 2.Nxb3#
1...b2 2.Nc2#

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202

(Bernd Ellinghoven - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Nov 1971)

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1.Qh3!
1...h5 2.Qxh5#
1...g5 2.Qf5#
1...g6 2.Qd7#
1...Kg6 2.Qf5#
1...Kh8 2.Qxh6#

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203

(Nils Gustav Gerhard van Dijk - Dagbladet, 1957)

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1.Bc8! zz
1...Kg2/Kh2 2.Qxh3#
1...Kf3/Kh4/h2 2.Qg4#
1...Kf4 2.Qe3#

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204

(Baruch Lender - L'Italia Scacchistica, 1968)

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1.Bd4! (2.Nf4#)
1...Kxd5 2.Qe5#
1...Bxd5 2.Qh7#
1...Nxd3 2.Qh1#
1...Bxd4 2.Qxd4#
1...Qxd3 2.Ng5#
1...Qxd5 2.Re3#

Date added: 6/2/2021