White to play and checkmate in two moves
913
(YUrij Markovich Gordian & Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko - Грузия-50 5th Prize, 1972)
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1. Rb4! waiting
1... Ke5 2. Qc7#
1... Kc5 2. Qe7#
Date added: 15/8/2021
914
(Werner Speckmann - The Problemist, 1985)
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1.Qe8! Kg5
2.Qb5#
Date added: 15/8/2021
915
(John Michael Rice - Chess Problems for Solving, 1995)
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1.N7xb5! (2.Nc7#)
1...Ka6 2.Qa7#
1...Qb6 2.Qa3#
1...Qd6/Qd5/Qd4/Qd3 2.bxa8Q#/bxa8R#
1...Be3/Bxc3 2.Ra2#
1...cxb5 2.Qxb5#
Date added: 16/8/2021
916
(Muchsin Alkaff - Israel-Turnier 4th HM, 1962)
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1.Bxc6! zz
1...e4 2.Bxc5#/Qxf4#
1...Ng4/Nh1/Nh3/Ne4/Nd1 2.Rxd3#
1...Rf3 2.Bxc5#/Qxf3#
1...Rf5/Rf6/Rxf7 2.Bxc5#
1...Re4/Rd4/Rg4/Rh4 2.Qf3#/Qxf2#
1...Rxc4 2.Qxf2#
1.Rxc5! (2.Rxe5#)
1...Ke4/Kd4 2.Rc4#
1...e4 2.Rxc6#
1...Ne4 2.Rxd3#
1...Nd4 2.Nc4#
1...Re4 2.Qxf2#
1...Rd4 2.Qf3#
Date added: 16/8/2021
917
(Juan Carlos Morra - Enroque!!, Dec 1945)
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1. c4! [2. Nc3#]
1. ... Rg5, Bxg3, Kd3 2. Ne5#
1. ... Rxh6, Bg5 2. Nf6#
1. ... fxe2 2. Qxe2#
1. ... Kd1 2. Nc3#
Date added: 16/8/2021
918
(Rainer Paslack - Die Schwalbe Comm., 2003)
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1.Re8! (2.Qe4#)
1...Kc4 2.Nxe3#
1...Kc6 2.Nb4#
Date added: 16/8/2021
919
(Valentin Volodimirovich Luk'yanov - Мемориал Л.Лошинского, 1982)
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1.Nf3! (2.Ng5#)
1...Rf5 2.Nc5#
1...Bh4 2.Nfd2#
1...Qd8 2.Rxe5#
1...Rh7+ 2.Bxh7#
Date added: 16/8/2021
920
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 1889)
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1.Na7!
1...Rf1 (R~) 2.Ne4#
1...Kd6 2.Bb4#
1...e5 2.b4#
1...Bxa7 2.Qe5#
1...Be5 2.Qxe5#
1...Bd6 2.b4#
1...Bc7 2.Qxc7#
Date added: 16/8/2021
921
(Samuel Loyd - Sporting New Yorker, 1877)
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1.Rg2! zz
1...Ng4/Ng8/Nf5/Nf7/Qf1/Qf4/Qf5/Qf6/Qf7/Qf8/Qh3/Qg4/Qh5/Qd1 2.Rxg4#
1...Qf2+ 2.Rxf2#
1...Qg3 2.Rxg3#
1...Qxg2+ 2.Bxg2#
1...Qe2+/e2 2.Rxe2#
Date added: 16/8/2021
922
(Mihail Nikolaevich Hramcevich - Информ-прогулка (Лунінец) 1st Prize, 2002)
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1. Rd4! [2. Re4#]
1. ... Qxd4 2. Qe7#
1. ... Nxd4 2. Qd6#
1. ... Rxg4 2. Nxg4#
Date added: 16/8/2021
923
(Tomas Stanek - Lidové noviny, 1911)
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1.c5! zz
1...Kd5 2.e4#
1...f5 2.Bf3#
1...dxe3 2.Qc4#
1...d3 2.Qf3#
Date added: 16/8/2021
924
(Mihajlo Nazarovich Marandyuk - J.Oudot MT, 1975-1976 Place Thèmes-64, 1976)
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1.Qe2! ~ 2.Qd3#
1...Qxe4+ 2.Qxe4#
1...Qxe6 2.Rd4#
1...Qe5 2.Rxe5#
1...Nc4 2.Qxc4#
1...Bb5 2.Qxb5#
1...Bxe6 2.Qb5#
1...Nd6 2.Rxd6#
Date added: 16/8/2021