White to play and checkmate in two moves
745
(Benjamin Glover Laws - Jamaica Gleaner, Tourney no. 1 2nd Prize, 1885)
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1.Qa5!
1...bxa5 2.Bc5#
1...Bd2 2.Qxd2#
1...Ba3 (Bb2) 2.Qd2#
1...Kf2 2.Nxg4#
1...Kd4 2.Qc3#
1...f2 2.Qc3#
1...Bh3 (Bh5) 2.Qe1#
1...Bc8 (Bd7, Be6, Bf5) 2.Qe1#
1...a6 2.Qxb6#
Date added: 19/7/2021
746
(Charles Planck - The English Mechanic and World of Science, 22 Sep 1899 )
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1.Nd5! ~ 2.Nf6#
1...Kxd5 2.Bf3#
1...Nxd5 2.Rc4#
1...Rxd5 2.Re3#
1...exd5 2.Re3#
1...e5 2.Qh1#
1...exf5 2.Bf3#
1...Bxc3 2.Nxc3#
Date added: 19/7/2021
747
(Alfred Clement Challenger - Knowledge, 1898)
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1.Qf3! zz
1...Kc4/Kd4/Kb4/f6 2.Ne6#
1...Nd3/Ne2/Nb3 2.Nxd3#
1...Nb4/Nc3 2.Qc3#
1...b4 2.Qd5#
Date added: 19/7/2021
748
(Oskar Blumenthal - Bohemia, 3 Nov 1901)
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1.Qh7!
1...Nxd6 (N~) 2.Ba5#
1...Kc7 2.d8=Q#
1...Ke7 2.d8=Q#
Date added: 19/7/2021
749
(John Ormerod Scarlett Thursby - Seventy Five Chess Problems, 1883)
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1.Bc7! zz
1...Qxc3 2.Rae4#
1...Bxc7 2.Qxc7#
1...Kxf4 2.Bxd6#
1...Ng2/Ng6/Nf3/Nf5+ 2.Rf5#
1...Ne1/Nb4/Na1/Na3 2.Qxd4#
1.Qb2 zz
1...Qc3/Qxb2 2.Rae4#
1...Bc7 2.Bxc7#
1...Kxf4 2.Bxd6#
1...Ng2/Ng6/Nf3/Nf5+ 2.Rf5#
1...Ne1/Nb4/Na1/Na3 2.Qxd4#
1...Bxb8 2.Qxb8#
Date added: 19/7/2021
750
(Valenti Marin i Llovet - La Stratégie, 1895)
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1.Rf5! ~ 2.Qa4#
1...Nd6 2.Qd5#
1...Ne5 2.Rf4#
1...Rd5 2.Qxd5#
1...Ra8 2.Qd5#
1...Rb8 2.Qd5#
1...Rc8 2.Qd5#
Date added: 19/7/2021
751
(Oleksandr YUr'evich SHuryakov - Шахматы в СССР, Jul 1982 )
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1.Qc5!
1...f4 2.Rxf4#
1...e5 2.Qe7#
1...Kg5 2.Qe7#
1...g5 2.Rh6#
Date added: 19/7/2021
752
(Valentin V. Kiseliov - Находкинский рабочий, 1965)
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1.d8=N! zz
1...Ng4/Ng8/Nf5/Nf7 2.Nf7#
Date added: 19/7/2021
753
(Arnoldo Ellerman - L'Italia Scacchistica 1st Prize, (1919-1920), 1919)
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1.Qg8! (2.Qc4#)
1...Rd5 2.Ne4#
1...Rd4/Nd4 2.Be1#
1...Rxg8/Bd5/N7d6 2.Be4#
1...N5d6 2.Qg7#
1...Bd7+ 2.Bf5#
1...Na5 2.Na4#
Date added: 19/7/2021
754
(Aleksandr Vasil'evich Galickij - Schachminiaturen, 1903)
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1.Ke5! zz
1...Ke7/c6 2.Qh7#
1...c5 2.Qb7#
Date added: 23/7/2021
755
(Alain Campbell White - The Canadian Courier, 27 Apr 1918)
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1.Bb2! ~ 2.Bd4#
1...Na4 2.bxa4#
1...Nxb3 2.Qxb3#
1...Nd3 2.Re2#
1...Ne4 2.Nf1#
1...Nxe6 2.Qxa7#
1...Nd7 2.exd7#
1...Nb7 2.exf7#
1...Na6 2.b4#
Date added: 23/7/2021
756
(Henry John Clinton Andrews - Chess Chips, 1878)
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1.Qh2! zz
1...Kxf6 2.Qh8#
1...Kxd4 2.Qb2#
1...g4 2.Qxf4#
1...Bc7/Bxb8 2.Ng4#
1...Qg3/Qxh2 2.Nc6#
Date added: 23/7/2021