White to play and checkmate in two moves
673
(James Pierce - The Illustrated London News, 14 Feb 1880)
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1.Qf1!
1...Kxe5 2.Bg3#
1...Kxe7 2.Bc5#
1...Kxc6 2.Qa6#
1...Nf5 2.Rxe6#
1...Nh5 2.Rxe6#
1...Ne8 2.Rxe6#
Date added: 3/7/2021
674
(Adolf Herrmann Rudolf Ferdinand Kraemer - Deutsche Tageszeitung, 1922)
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675
(Samuel Gold - Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1896)
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1.Ke3! ~ 2.Qb1#
1...Kc1 2.Ke2#
1...Ke1 2.Qh1#
1...Bc2 2.Qh1#
Date added: 3/7/2021
676
(Andrew Efron - L'Italia Scacchistica, 1962)
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1.Ke2! zz
1...Kc2/c4 2.Qb2#
1...Kd4 2.Qxc5#
1...e3 2.Qd3#
Date added: 4/7/2021
677
(Lajos Szilagyi - Il Due Mosse, 1960)
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1.Re4!
1...Ne1 2.Rxe1#
1...Nh4 2.Rxh4#
1...Nf4 2.Rxf4#
1...Ne3+ 2.Rxe3#
Date added: 4/7/2021
678
(Petko Andonov Petkov - South African Chessplayer, 1962)
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1.Kh2! zz
1...Ng4+/Nh1/Nh3/Ne4/Nd1/Nd3 2.Qxg4#
1...h5 2.Qf6#
Date added: 4/7/2021
679
(YUrij Mihajlovich Alekseev - Шахматы в СССР, 1981)
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1.Qa3! ~ 2.Qe3#
1...Bc3 2.Qd6#
1...Nc3 2.Qa7#
1...c3 2.Qb4#
Date added: 4/7/2021
680
(Michael Lipton - Miniature Chess Problems from Many Countries, 1981)
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1.Qa1! (2.Qa8#)
1...Kf8 2.Rd8#
1...O-O 2.Rxg4#
Date added: 5/7/2021
681
(John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby - Seventy Five Chess Problems, 1883)
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1.Qd2!
1...Ne2 (Nc1*b3, Nc1-a2) 2.Qd3#
1...Nd3 2.Qxd3#
1...Rb1 (R~) 2.Ng5#
1...Kxf3 2.Qg2#
1...Bg1 (Bc5-f2, Bc5-d4, Bc5-a7, Bc5-b6) 2.Qf4#
1...Be3 2.Qxe3#
1...Bd6 2.Qe3#
1...Bh3 (Bf~) 2.Rf4#
1...Bxe6 2.Rf4#
1...cxd5 2.Bxd5#
Date added: 5/7/2021
682
(Miklos S. Locker - Stella Polaris 2nd Prize, 1966)
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1.Bb7!
1...Kd3 2.Ba6#
1...Kc5 2.Qc6#
1...c2 2.Qxc2#
1...d3 2.Qd5#
Date added: 5/7/2021
683
(Alfred Lansquenet - La Stratégie, 1880)
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1.Kd3! ~ 2.Qe5#
1...Kd6 2.Kc4#
1...Kb5 2.Kd4#
Date added: 5/7/2021
684
(YUlij Georgievich Dorohov - Радянська Донеччина, 1960)
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1.Nc3! (2.Qe4#)
1...Ke5 2.Qd5#
1...e5 2.Qc8#
1...Be5 2.Qg4#
Date added: 5/7/2021