White to play and checkmate in two moves
1033
(Nikolaj Ivanovich Bel'chikov & Nikolaj Aleksandrovich Bykov - Szachy, 1973)
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1.Qb7! - zz
1... R~ 2. Qd5#
1... d5 2. Nxc5#
1... b5 2. Qxb5#
1... Kd3 2. Ne1#
compare to #1034
Date added: 22/8/2021
1034
(Nikolaj Ivanovich Bel'chikov & Nikolaj Aleksandrovich Bykov - Szachy, 1973)
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1. Qd7! - zz
1... R~ 2. Qb5#
1... d5 2. Qxd5#
1... b5 2. Nxc5#
1... Kd3 2. Ne1#
compare to #1033
Date added: 22/8/2021
1035
(Gyorgy Bakcsi - TT 2nd Prize Magyar Sakkszövetség, 18 Jun 1964)
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1.f4! (2.Rg3#)
1...Qe6/Nc6 2.Nxc5#
1...Ne6 2.Qxf5#
1...Nb7 2.Qa6#
1...Bxd4 2.Qxd4#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1036
(Semen IIvanovich Veselenchuk - Sa kommunism, 1989)
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1.Qc8! zz
1...Kb6 2.Qc5#
1...b6/b5 2.Rxa6#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1037
(Sergej Smotrov - Šahs/Шахматы (Rīga), 1987)
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1.Qf1! ~ 2.Rf2#
1...Qb4 2.Re3#
1...Qc5 2.Rxd2#
1...Qxf1 2.Nd6#
1...Qf3 2.Nd6#
1...Qd6 2.Nxd6#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1038
(Aleksej Karin - Задачи и этюды, 27 Apr 2010)
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1. Rc1! waiting
1... Kd6 2. Bb4#
1... Kd8 2. Bf6#
1... K:f8 2. d8Q#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1039
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Times Weekly Edition, 1894)
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1.Ba5! zz
1...Kxd4 2.Bxb6#
1...Bb5/Rc6/Rd6 2.Nxb3#
1...Bc4/Bb7/Bc8/Rb5 2.Rxc4#
1...e5 2.Rd5#
1...Rb4/Rb7/Rb8 2.Nxe6#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1040
(Joseph Henry Scott Finlinson - English Chess Problems, 1876)
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1.Ba6! zz
1...b5 2.Bxc5#
1...e2/Ne2/Qg4/Qc2/Qh1/Qf3 2.Nc2#
1...Nf3/Qf2/Qe2/Qd2/Qb2/Qa2/Qxh2 2.Rxe4#
1...c2 2.Bb2#
1...Bxd6/Bb4/Bxa3 2.Rc4#
1...Ra4/Rxa3/Rxa6/Rb5 2.Nb5#
1...Qg3/Qxg5/Qf1 2.Nc2#/Rxe4#
1...gxf5 2.Nxf5#
1...Nxd6/Ne7/Na7 2.Qh8#
1...Rb8/Ra7/Rxc7 2.Qd5#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1041
(YUrij Mihajlovich Alekseev - Проблеміст України, 2012)
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1. Ne4! [2. Rh4#]
1. ... Qxe4 2. Be5#
1. ... Qd2+ 2. Nxd2#
1. ... Qc3+ 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Qf6/g7 2. Ne(x)f6#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qe5#
1. ... Rg1, Nf2 2. Qf3#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1042
(Stanislav Juricek - Кудесник Comm., 2008)
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1. Bb7! [2. Nxc3#]
1. ... Bf6 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Qxd5 2. Qc4#
1. ... exd5 2. Qxe7#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Qxc6#
Date added: 22/8/2021
1043
(Walter Supp - Freie Presse, 27 Dec 1996)
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1.Qg6! (2.Qd3#)
1...Kxd5 2.Qf7#
1...Re4 2.Qxe4#
1...Rd4 2.Rc5#
1...cxd5 2.Qa6#
1...e4 2.Rd4#
Date added: 23/8/2021
1044
(Stanislaw Gebura - Phénix, 1997)
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1.Bh6! (2.Bg7#)
1...d4 2.Qb5#
1...f4 2.Qh5#
1...Ne6 2.Rxe6#
1...e3 2.Qxe3#
Date added: 23/8/2021