White to play and checkmate in two moves
589
(Gyorgy Paros - Magyar Sakkvilág 1st Prize, 1 Dec 1931)
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1.Rb4! ~ 2.Qd7#
1...Rxe2 2.Nxe2#
1...Re3 2.Nxa5#
1...Rg4 2.Nxf5#
1...Rf4 2.e3#
1...Rf4 (Rf~) 2.dxe4#
1...Rf3 2.Qxe4#
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590
(Pierre Monreal - La Bataille, 1945)
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1.Qg6! (2.Nxb5#)
1...Nxc3 2.Rd2#
1...Bc4 2.Nf5#
1...Be6 2.Qe4#
1...Bc6 2.Qd3#
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591
(Edouard Pape - Good Companions 1st Prize, 1923)
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1.Qe5!
1...d2+ 2.Nc3#
1...Rxe5 2.Nc3#
1...Re4 2.Nc3#
1...Nd4 2.Qxe3#
1...Nxd6 (Nf5~) 2.Qxe3#
1...Kd2 2.Qb2#
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592
(Ottavio Stocchi - Parallèle 50 3rd TT 1st Prize, 1948)
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1.Rxe4! (2.Nf5#)
1...Kxd6 2.c5#
1...Rxc4 2.Qb4#
1...Bxe4+ 2.Ng2#
1...Bxc4 2.Re5#
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593
(Frederick E. Gamage - Illustreret Familie-Journal 1st Prize, 1910)
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1.Qe1! ~ 2.Qxe6#
1...Be5 2.Be4#
1...Bf5 2.Be4#
1...Be4 2.Bd5#
1...Re4 2.Kxh7#
1...Rh6 2.Bd5#
1...Re5 2.Kxg7#
1...Rg6 2.Be4#
1...e5 2.Be4#
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594
(Adriano Chicco - L'Echiquier, 1932)
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1.Bc7! (2.Qf2#)
1...e5 2.Nc4#
1...Ne5 2.Nd3#
1...Ng4 2.Qxg3#
1...Be5 2.Qh4#
1...Bxb2+ 2.Raxb2#
Date added: 10/6/2021
595
(Karl Artur Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel' - Die Schwalbe 1st Prize, Mar 1929)
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1.Kg5! ~ 2.Qxd5#
1...f4+ 2.Nf5#!
1...Bxe3+ 2.Bxe3#
1...Bxb2 2.Nd1#
1...Kxc5 2.Rxc4#
1...Rxc5 2.Nc2#
1...Rxd6 2.Qxd6#
1...Re5 2.Qxc4#
Date added: 11/6/2021
596
(Jose Paluzie y Lucena - Good Companions (October), 1917)
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1.Qe2! (2.Qc4#)
1...Ke4/Nd6 2.Nef6#
1...Nc5 2.Bc6#
1...Rc1 2.Qxf3#
1...Ne5 2.Ngf6#
1...Nd2 2.Qd3#
1...Nd4 2.e4#
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597
(Antonio Bottacchi - Il Problema 1st Prize, 1932)
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1.Rb6! ~ 2.Qf5#
1...Qd3 2.Rxd6#
1...Qc3 2.Rxd6#
1...Qxf3 2.Rxb5#
1...fxg6 2.Bg8#
1...Bd3 2.Qc6#
1...Bd7 2.Qc4
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598
(Henry Wald Bettmann & George Hume & Alain Campbell White - Good Companion, 1st Magee Theme Supplement Prize, Feb 1919)
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1.Rb8! ~ 2.Kb7#
1...d5 2.Bg7#
1...d6 2.Kxc7#
1...e5 2.Nd6#
1...e6 2.Bd6#
1...Na6 (N~ ) 2.Qxd7#
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599
(Theodore Morris Brown - The Albion, 1860)
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1.Qe4!
1...c3 2.Qb4#
1...d4 2.Qc6#
1...dxe4 2.Rd2#
1...f4 2.Qg6#
1...fxe4 2.Rf6#
1...Ng5 2.Qxe5#
1...Nh6 2.Qxe5#
1...Nh8 2.Qxe5#
1...Nd8 2.Qxe5#
Date added: 11/6/2021
600
(Einar Larsson Letzen - Sydsvenska Dagbladet Snällposten 1st Prize, 1921)
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1.Kg8!
1...Qa2 2.Rf8#
1...Qxd5+ 2.Bxd5#
1...Qc4 2.Rf8#
1...Qb8+ 2.Rd8#
1...Qg3+ 2.Rg5#
Date added: 11/6/2021