White to play and checkmate in two moves
925
(Eugene Ferber - Leipziger Tageblatt und Anzeiger, 1907)
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1.Bh1! ~ 2.Qc8#
1...Νc5 2.Qh7#
Date added: 16/8/2021
926
(J. W. Smith - The Sunny South (Atlanta, Georgia), 16 Feb 1878)
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1.fxe8=R! Kxc6 2.Re6#
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927
(Torsten Linss - Springaren 3rd Comm., Halvar Hermanson jubilee, 1987)
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1.Kg8! (2.Nxc3#)
1...Bd6 2.Be6#
1...Rd6 2.Rxe5#
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928
(Marcel Eugene Nordlohne - De Maasbode, 1954)
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1.Ng3! ~ 2.Nf5#
1...Nxg3 2.Qd8#
1...Rxg3 2.Qh6#
1...Kxg3 2.Qg5#
1...e4 2.Qf4#
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929
(Comins Mansfield - Chemnitzer Tageblatt 4th Prize, 1926)
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1.Ne8! ~ 2.Nxd6#
1...Ne4 2.Qh3#
1...Nb7 2.Rf7#
1...Nc4 2.Qb1#
1...Nf7 2.Rb7#
1...Bxf4 2.Nxg7#
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930
(Hendrik Prins - Thema Danicum (for Dansk Skakproblem Klub), Oct 2000)
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1.Nd5! ~ 2.Nc7#
1...Bd6 2.Nd8#
1...Bxb6 2.Re7#
1...Rxd5 2.Nd8#
1...Rxf5 2.Bg8#
1...cxd5 2.Qxd7#
1...Kxd5 2.Qxc4#
Date added: 16/8/2021
931
(Halvar Hermanson - Magyar Sakkélet, Sep 1951)
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1.Nxc4! zz
1...Nd4 2.Bd2#
1...Nd8/Nb4/Nb8/Na7 2.Ra3#
1...Ne5+ 2.Nxe5#
1...Nxa5 2.Nxa5#
1...Kxc4 2.Qxc6#
Date added: 16/8/2021
932
(Vyacheslav Semionovich Vladimirov - stella polaris, Dec 1968)
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1.Qg5! zz
1...Re5 2.Qd8#
1...Re7 2.Qd5#
1...Re8/Rg6/Rh6 2.Nxe8#
1...Bb5 2.Nxb5#
1...Rf6 2.Qxf6#
Date added: 17/8/2021
933
(Jan Willem te Kolste - De Schaakcourant, 1907)
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1.Ba2! zz
1...Ke4+ 2.Nd6#
1...Nh2/Nh6/Nf2/Nf6+ 2.Nf6#
1...Bxb6/Bb8 2.Qa8#
1...Qd3/Qd2/Qd1/Qe4/Qf4/Qc3/Qb2/Qa1 2.Nxe3#
1...Qxc4 2.Qxc4#
1...e4 2.Nf4#
Date added: 17/8/2021
934
(Friedrich Martin Palitzsch - Deutsches Wochenschach, 22 Jul 1917 )
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1.Rg4! zz
1...f5 2.Qd4#
1...f6 2.Qe4#
1...Kd5 2.Qb5#
1...Kf5/Kf6/d5 2.Qf4#
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935
(YUrij Georgievich Fokin - Задачи и этюды, 2008)
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1. Ne6! [2. Nc7#]
1... c4 2. Nb4#
1... e4 2. Nxf4#
1... B~ 2. Nxc3#
Date added: 17/8/2021
936
(James Frank Stimson - Densmore Memorial 2nd HM, 1918)
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1.f8=Q! ~
2.Qxd5#
2.Qxc8#
2.Qc6#
1...Be5
2.Qxc8#
2.Qc6#
2.Nxe5#
1...Bc3 2.Qc6#
1...Nc3+ 2.Ne5#
1...Nf6+ 2.Bc5#
1...Nxe7+ 2.Qd5#
1...Nc7+ 2.Nc5#
1...Nb6+ 2.Qb5#
1...Qxe7
2.Qxd5#
2.Qc6#
1...Qf6 2.Qxc8#
1...Qg2
2.Qxc8#
2.Qc6#
1...Qg4
2.Qxc8#
2.Qc6#
1...Rb5+ 2.Qxb5#
1...Rb6 2.Qxc8#
1...Rb8
2.Qxd5#
2.Qc6#
1...Rc7 2.Qxd5#
Date added: 17/8/2021