White to play and checkmate in two moves
409
(Ferenc Schmieder - L'Italia Scacchistica, May 1971)
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1. Nxf4! [2. Bxd5#]
1. ... Nxf6 2. Bxf6#
1. ... Rxd6 2. Bxd6#
1. ... gxf4, Bxf4 2. Bxf4#
1. ... Qxd4 2. Bxd4#
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410
(Nenad Petrovic - Thèmes-64, 1960)
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1.f4! (2.Nd2#/Qf2#)
1...Rxe2+ 2.Bxe2#
1...Ne4 2.Bh3#
1...Bxf4/Bf3/Nc4 2.Qf2#
1...Re3/Rxf4/Qxc5 2.Nd2#
1...Qb6 2.Nd2#/Qc1#
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411
(Julio Peris Pardo - L'Italia Scacchistica 3rd Prize, 1949)
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1.Qxb5! (2.Qxe5#)
1...Rh5/Bf6 2.Nd6#
1...Re6/Bd5 2.Qd5#
1...Bg3 2.Ng5#
1...Bc4 2.Nc5#
1...Rc5 2.Qd3#
1...Rg3 2.Nf2#
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412
(Renato di Vincenzi - Problemi di Scacchi Inediti, 1998)
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1.Rb8! zz
1...Rxb5 2.Ra8#
1...Nb2/Nb6/Nc3/Nc5 2.Rb6#
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413
(Antonio Piatesi - Problemas 1st Prize, 1957)
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1. Rxc6! [2. Bg2#]
1... Nd6 2. R:d6#
1... Nc5 2. R:c5#
1... Kxc6 2. Bg2#
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414
(Mariano Madeo)
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1. Nd5! [2. Nf6, Rf4#]
1. ... Qd8/h8/e7/e6/c6, Bxd3 2. Rf4#
1. ... Qb8 2. Nf6#
1. ... Qe5 2. Qh1#
1. ... f5 2. Qxe8#
1. ... Ng8 2. Qf5, Rf4#
1. ... Nf5 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Bxd5 2. Qxd5#
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415
(Erno Szentgyorgyi - Magyar Sakkvilág, Jan 1927 )
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Ra1+ - Kb3
Nd4#
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416
(Santi Pirrone - L'Italia Scacchistica, Dec 1971)
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1. Bf5! [2. Qf1#]
1. ... Qa8 2. Bxd6#
1. ... Se4 2. Rxe4#
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417
(John Michael Ric - Miniature Chess Problems from Many Countries, 1981)
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1. Ree3! [2. Ra3#]
1. ... Ka1/a2 2. Ra3#
Date added: 20/4/2021
418
(Toma Garai - L'Italia Scacchistica, Aug 1971)
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1. Qd8! [2. Ng6#]
1. ... Bf6 2. Qxf6#
1. ... Be5/c3/b2/a1 2. Ne6#
1. ... Bd4+ 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Bxf8+ 2. Qxf8#
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419
(L. A. Fonteyn - Münchner Zeitung, 1906)
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1.Qe1! zugzwang
1...Kxh5 2.Qh4#
1...Kxf5 2.Qe6#
1...Kxf3 2.Qe2#
1...Kh3 2.Qg3#
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420
(Comins Mansfield - I.Schiffmann MT 1st Prize Revista Română de Şah, 1931)
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1.Nd5! ~ 2.Nc3#
1...Kxd5 2.Qb7#
1...Qxg4 2.Ne7#
1...Qxg6 2.Be6#
1...Qxe5 2.Nf4#
Date added: 20/4/2021