White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 901 to 912

901

(Gerhard Maleika - Die Schwalbe 3rd Prize, 1999)

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1.Be6! (2.Qxf5#/Nf7#)
1...Bxc5/f4 2.Nf7#
1...Qxd6/Qe8/exd6 2.Qxf5#
1...Qxe6 2.Rxe6#

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902

(Jozef Lozek - Šachprofil, 1996)

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1.Kh1! zz
1...e6 2.Nf6#
1...e2 2.Ng5#
1...Bc5/Bc7/Bb8 2.Nxc5#
1...bxc3 2.c5#

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903

(Jozef Janos - Pravda, 17 Oct 1975)

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1.Nd4! ~ 2.Qf6#
1...Qf3 2.Nxf3#
1...Qf1 2.Qe3#
1...Kxd4 2.Qe3#
1...Bf5 2.Nc6#
1...Nxh6 2.h8=Q#

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904

(Victor Juul Hansen - The Brisbane Courier, 11 Aug 1928 )

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1. Bh7! [2. Qe5#]
1... f6 2. Nxe6#
1... f5 2. Qd8#
1... Rb4/a4 2. Qxc5#
1... Nd3 2. Re4#
1... Ne2 2. Rd1#

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905

(Vladimir Alekseevich Erohin - Problem (Zagreb), 1977)

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1.Nd4! zz
1...cxb5 2.Nb3#
1...cxd5 2.Qxd5#
1...e4 2.Rc1#
1...Ne6/Nf7/Nb7 2.Nxe6#
1...exd4 2.Qf8#
1...Kxd4 2.Qg1#

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906

(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Albrecht-Gedenkturnier 2nd HM, 1984)

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1.Qxe7! (2.Nxd6#)
1...Rxd5 2.Nb6#
1...Rxc6 2.Rd4#

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907

(Bernard Delobel - Maroc Echecs TT-3 2nd Comm., 2013)

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1. Be4! waiting
1... exd5 2. Nf5#
1... exd4 2. Ng2#
1... Kxd4 2. Qc5#
1... N~ 2. N(x)c2#

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908

(Martin Wessels - Problem-Forum 4th Prize, Dec 2001)

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1.Qd8! ~ 2.Bxf8#
1...Qxf6 2.Bd5#
1...Qxd6 2.Bxf5#
1...Bxe7 2.Qxe7#
1...Qd5+ 2.Bxd5#

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909

(Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozhakin - Кудесник, 2013)

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1.exf6+!
1...Kxg6 2.Qh6#
1...Kxe6 2.Qxe4#

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910

(Arthur Goodwin Stubbs - The Chess World, Nov 1950)

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1.Bxb7!
1...c2 2.Bb2#
1...cxd2 2.Bb2#
1...Qxb5 2.Qxd6#
1...Qd5 2.Qxc3#
1...Kf6 2.Qg7#
1...Kd4 2.Sf3#

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911

(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Schweizerische Schachzeitung, 2007)

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1.Rh8! (2.Rd8#)
1...Ne6 2.Rd6#
1...Nc6 2.Nc7#
1...Qa4 2.Qc4#
1...Nb5 2.Qxc5#

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912

(Br. Butwillo - The Tablet, 10 Jul 1948)

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1.Rc7! zz
1...Nc6 2.Rcxb7#
1...Na6 2.Raxb7#
1...d5 2.Rc5#
1...b6 2.Nc3#

Date added: 15/8/2021