White to play and checkmate in two moves
937
(Kenneth Holmes Braithwaite - U.S. Problem Bulletin, 1982)
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1.Kc6! (2.Qc5#) 1...Qg6+ 2.Nf6#
1...Qc2+ 2.Nc3#
1...Qxd5+ 2.Rxd5#
1...Ba4+ 2.Qxa4#
1...Ne6/Nd3 2.Qd3#
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938
(Israel Abraham Schiffmann - Grantham Journal, 1928)
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1.Kd7! (2.Re5#)
1...Bf4/Bf6 2.Qg8#
1...Be3 2.Qa2#
1...Ne3 2.Qd2#
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939
(Jeno Papp - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 Feb 1923)
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1.Bxf5!
1...d3 2.Qf4#
1...exf5 2.Qxd4#
1...c5 2.Qb8#
1...c6 2.Qb8#
1...Nb7 2.Rxe6#
1...Nc6 2.Rxe6#
1...Nf7 2.Rxe6#
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940
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Southern Counties' Chess Journal 3rd Prize, 1894)
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1.Bf8! zz
1...Kxe5 2.Bg7#
1...Rc2+ 2.Kxc2#
1...Rc1 2.Kxc1#
1...Rc4 2.Nxf3#
1...Rxc5/e6 2.Re4#
1...Rb3+ 2.Kxb3#
1...Ra3 2.Kxa3#
1...Rd3 2.Nc6#
1...Re3 2.Rd5#
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941
(Samuel Loyd - 5th American Chess Congress 3rd Prize, Set, 1880)
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1.Rg2! ~
2.N7b5#
2.N3b5#
1...Rxg2 2.N7b5#
1...Bxg2 2.N3b5#
1...Rc1 2.N7b5#
1...Rd6+ 2.Ne6#
1...Rd4
2.N7b5#
2.Ne8#
2.Ne4#
1...Rd3 (Rd2) 2.N7b5#
1...Nd2 (Na1) 2.N7b5#
1...Nd4 2.Ne4#
1...Kd4 2.Ne6#
1...Kd6 2.Ne4#
1...Kc4
2.Ne2#
2.N3b5#
1...Kc6
2.N7b5#
2.Ne8#
1...Qf1 (Qe2, Qd3, Qc4) 2.N7b5#
1...Nb8 2.N3b5#
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942
(Aleksandr Konstantinovich Kalinin - Шахматы в СССР, 1963)
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1.Qh5! ~ 2.Qh1#
1...Qf5+ 2.Bf4#
1...Qc5+ 2.Be3#
1...b5+ 2.e3#
1...Bd5 2.e4#
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943
(Barry Jack da Costa Andrade - The Problemist 2nd Comm., May 1942)
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1.Kd8!
1...a3 2.Qb5#
1...Ba3 (Bc1) 2.Qxc3#
1...Rd3+ (Rc3~) 2.Bd5#
1...Nc2 2.Bd5#
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944
(Leon Segal - Parallèle 50 1st HM, 1950)
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1.Nd5+!
1...Ka4 2.Nc3#
1...Kc4 2.Ne3#
1...Kc6 2.Ne7#
1...Ka6 2.Nc7#
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945
(Barry Peter Barnes - Wola Gułowska 2nd Comm., 2002)
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1.Kxc4! zz
1...f2 2.Bxe4#
1...cxd2 2.Kd4#
1...a4 2.Nb4#
1...Na~ 2.Rxb6#
1...exd3 2.Bxf3#
1...Ng~ 2.Ne5#
Date added: 17/8/2021
946
(Milan Radoje Vukchevic - British Chess Magazine, 1971)
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1.Qxb7! zz
1...Rg3 2.Nxd6#
1...Rxb7 2.f3#
1...Kxe5 2.Qe7#
1...Be1/Be3 2.Re3#/Qxd5#
1...Bf4/Bg5/Bh6/Bc1/Bxc3 2.Qxd5#
1...Rg6 2.Rc4#
1...Rg5/Rg4/Rg8/Rf7/Re7/dxe5 2.Nxd6#/Rc4#/f3#
1...Rxg2/Rc7 2.Nxd6#/f3#
1...Rd7 2.f3#/Rc4#
1...Rxh7 2.Nxd6#/Rc4#
Date added: 17/8/2021
947
(Arne Absalon Koefoed Larsen - The San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Feb 1904)
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1.Rd7! ~ 2.dxe6#
1...Nc3 2.Bb6#
1...Rxc6 2.dxc6#
1...Rc5 2.Qf4#
1...Bxc6+ 2.dxc6#
1...e5 2.Qg1#
1...exd5 2.Rxd5#
1...Rh7 2.Nxe6#
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948
(David P. Lynn - Blikeng-80 JT 5th Comm., 1995)
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1.Ned6! zz
1...Ke3 2.Nf5#
1...Ke5/Ne3 2.Bc3#
1...Bf5 2.Nxf5#/Rxd5#
1...Bg4/Bh3/Bd7/Bc8 2.Re4#/Rxd5#
1...Ne7/Nxf6/Nc3/Nc7/Nb4/Nb6 2.Bf2#
Date added: 17/8/2021