White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1045 to 1056

1045

(Valenti Marin i Llovet - The Sydney Morning Herald 1st Prize, 1898)

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1.Qc3! ~ 2.Qxe5#
1...Qxb2 2.Bxc2#
1...Rxc3 2.Bb1#
1...bxc3 2.Ba3#

Date added: 23/8/2021

1046

(Kiril N. Stoyanov - 39th TT 1st HM problem (Zagreb), 1964)

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1.Ng3! (2.Nd3#/Qd6#)
1...Rgxg3/Nb4/Rhxg3/Be4 2.Qd6#
1...Nc1 2.Qd6#/b4#
1...Nb5/Nc8/Bxg3/d3 2.Nd3#

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1047

(Werner Speckmann - Europe Échecs, 1968)

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1.Bd8! zz
1...Ke5 2.Rh5#
1...Kg5 2.Ke6#

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1048

(Edward Arlamowski - De Problemist, 1932)

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1.Rb5! ~ 2.Bd4#
1...Rxd5+ 2.Bc5#
1...Rdd8+ (Rd7+) 2.d6#
1...f3 2.Bxg5#
1...fxe3 2.Qxe3#
1...axb6 2.Bxb6#
1...Rxb6 2.Bxb6#

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1049

(Charles William Sheppard - Good Companion, Jan 1921)

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1.Bd6! (2.Qxe5#)
1...Ne4 2.Nf5#
1...Be4 2.Nec2#
1...cxd6 2.Qa7#

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1050

(Julius Buchwald - Western Morning News, 1928)

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1.Kxe5! (2.Qf7#)
1...Bxd6+ 2.cxd6#
1...Nb6 2.cxb6#
1...Nc7 2.Rd4#
1...Qxe4+/Bxe4 2.Qxe4#
1...Qb2+ 2.Nc3#
1...Qf2 2.Nxf2#
1...Qh2 2.Ng3#
1...Qxf1/Qf3/Qg4 2.Nbd2#
1...Qh5+ 2.Ng5#
1...Rxb7 2.Na5#

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1051

(Guido Cristoffanini - Una Splendente Meteora, 2000)

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1.Kxb3! (2.Qd3#)
1...Ke3 2.Bd4#
1...Qf3+ 2.Bc3#
1...Rxg3+ 2.Bxg3#
1...Rb6 2.Bd6#

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1052

(Noel Aubrey Bonavia Hunt - British Chess Magazine, Feb 1949)

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1.Bb2! [2.c4#]
1. ... d5 2.Sd7#
1. ... Kd5 2.Qb5#
1. ... Kf6 2.h8=Q/B#

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1053

(C. P. Jarman & Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping - Chess, 1941)

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1.b4+!
1...Kxe1 2.b5#

1.Bh3! (2.Qf3#)
1...Rxe3 2.b3#
1...Qg4 2.Bxg4#
1...Rxe1 2.b4#

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1054

(Allard Pieter Eerkes - Tidskrift för Schack, 1949)

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1.Bg6! ~ 2.Bh5#
1...Re3 (R~ ) 2.Qxe3#
1...Rc4 2.c3#
1...Rd4 2.c4#
1...Re5 2.c4#

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1055

(Claude Wiedenhoff - Hlas ľudu, 12 Nov 1981)

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1.Ba7! (2.Bxc5#)
1...dxe2 2.Qd2#
1...c3 2.Qb4#
1...dxe4 2.Qd8#
1...d2 2.Rcxd2#/Qxd2#

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1056

(Leonid Antonovich Isaev - Skakbladet 2nd HM, 1930)

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1.Qb4! ~ 2.Qxd4#
1...Nf3 (N4~) 2.Rc6#
1...Nb5 2.Nc6#
1...Nxe6 2.Rd6-d5#
1...Nf5 2.Rd3-d5#
1...Qxd3+ 2.Nxd3#
1...Nf3 (N2~) 2.Nc4#

Date added: 23/8/2021