White to play and checkmate in two moves
1021
(Lars Aksglaede Larsen - The Chess Problem, 1947)
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1.Nf4! zz
1...Kxf4 2.Qg5#
1...exf4 2.Qe7#
1...e4 2.N6d5#
1...Bf2 2.Bd2#
1...Bh3 2.Qg3#/Rd3#
1...Bh5/Bf3/Bd1 2.Rd3#
1...Be2 2.N4d5#
1...Bxf5 2.Qg3#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1022
(Chithathur Gopalan Sathya Narayanan - The Problemist, 1989)
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1.Ne2! (2.Rc5#/Rxb4#)
1...e3 2.Qxd3#
1...Nxf2 2.Nexf4#
1...Qxc4 2.Nc3#
1...Nd6/Ra3/Qxb3 2.Rc5#
1...Qxb5/Qc3/Qa3 2.Nc3#/Rc5#
1...Qc5 2.Nc3#/Rxc5#/Rd4#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1023
(Gabor Tar - Magyar Sakkszövetség 3rd Prize, 1975)
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1.Nxd3! ~ 2.Rf4#
1...Ne2 2.Bf3#
1...Nxd3 2.Qxd3#
1...Bf3+ 2.Bxf3#
1...Rf6 2.Ng5#
1...Rd6 2.Nxc5#
1...g5 2.Qf5#
1...Bd6 2.Nf6#
1...Bg5 2.Nxg5#
1...Bf6 2.Bxg6#
1...Qf8 2.Qxc6#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1024
(Miroslav Svitek - Pravda, 5 Oct 1973)
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1.Nf4! zz
1...Kxf4 2.Qe4#
1...Kxf6 2.Qh8#
1...Kxd4 2.Qa1#
1...Kxd6 2.Qb8#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1025
(Aleksej Vdovenko - Кудесник, 20 Apr 1998)
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1.Kg6! zz
1...Kd2/Kc2 2.Qd1#
1...Ke4 2.Qf5#
1...Kc4 2.Qb5#
Date added: 1228/8/2021
1026
(Percy Francis Blake - Football-Field 1st Prize, 1902)
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1.Qh5!
1...Kxb5 2.Bd3#
1...Bxb5 2.Qf7#
1...Bb3 2.Rc5#
1...Ne2 2.Qxe2#
1...Nd3 2.Be6#
1...Nb3 (Na2) 2.Qe2#
1...Nd4 (N2~) 2.Rb4#
1...Nb4 2.Rxb4#
1...Nxa3 2.Nxa3#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1027
(Reinhard Groth - Freie Presse, 16 Jul 2004 )
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1.Re1! (2.Rxe3#)
1...c3 2.Ba6#
1...d4 2.Nb4#
1...Be2 2.Qxe2#
1...e2 2.Nf2#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1028
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Good Companion 2nd Prize, May 1922)
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1.Qxc6! (2.Qe4#)
1...Nd5 2.Qc2#
1...d5 2.Ne7#
1...Bg5 2.Ne5#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1029
(W. A. Clark - British Chess Magazine, 1890)
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1.Qf3! zz
1...Kxd4 2.Qc3#
1...fxg3 2.Qf6#
1...d6 2.Nc6#
1...Bxf3 2.Nxf3#
1...Bf5/Bg6/Bh7/Bd3/Bc2/Bb1 2.Qxd5#
1...dxc4 2.Qxe4#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1030
(Nikolaj Nikolaevich Akimov - Семь шахматных нот, Mar 2019 )
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1.Qa8!
1...Kg7 2.Qh8#
1...Ke7 2.Qd8#
1...Kf5 2.Qf3#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1031
(Charles Henry Wheeler - St. John Globe 5th Place, 1888)
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1.Rf3! ~ 2.Rf4#
1...Nh3 2.Qe2#
1...Nxf3 2.Qc2#
1...Ne2 2.Qxe2#
1...Kxf3 2.Qg2#
1...gxf3 2.Qc2#
1...Qf7 2.Ng5#
1...Qe5 2.Nd2#
1...Qf5 2.Re3#
1...Qg5 2.Nxg5#
1...Qh6 2.Qa8#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1032
(Miroslav Subotic - Hlas ľudu, 1989)
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1.Qb3! zz
1...Kxe4 2.Qd5#
1...Bxe2 2.Rf4#
1...Bxe4 2.Rf2#
1...Kxe2 2.Qd1#
1...Bc2/Bb1 2.Nxc2#
1...Bc4/Bb5/Ba6 2.Nxc4#
Date added: 22/8/2021