White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1069 to 1080

1069

(Juan Carlos Morra - Il Due Mosse, 1958)

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1. Bf4! [2. Ne2#]
1. ... Rd6 2. Re5#
1. ... Bxf4 2. Nxf4#
1. ... Bg7, Rd2 2. Re7#
1. ... Rxc2+ 2. Nxc2#
1. ... Rg3 2. Nf3#
1. ... Nf3 2. Qxf3#

Date added: 23/8/2021

1070

(E. Stephenson - Double Pin-Mate after a Black King Move, 1980)

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1.Kg2! (2.Qf3#)
1...Kxd5 2.Qe6#
1...Nxd3 2.Qe3#
1...Rf6 2.Rb4#

Date added: 23/8/2021

1071

(Vitalij II. Kvyatkovs'kij - Hlas ľudu 2nd HM, 25 Feb 1982)

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1.Bf4! zz
1...N~ 2.Ra5#
1...Kc8 2.Rc5#
1...Ka8 2.Ra5#

Date added: 23/8/2021

1072

(Vasil' Viktorovich Krizhanivs'kij - Мат (Черкаси), 1991)

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1.Nb2! zz
1...Kb4 2.Qa4#
1...Kb6 2.Nc4#

Date added: 23/8/2021

1073

(Arnoldo Ellerman - Chemnitzer Tageblatt, 1927)

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1.Kc7! (2.Qa8#)
1...Bg8 2.Qg6#
1...Qxc4+ 2.Rxc4#
1...Qd3/Qd2 2.Bxd3#/Bd5#
1...Qxe3 2.Be6#
1...Qd4/Qxb4 2.Bd5#
1...Qxe5 2.Be2#

Date added: 23/8/2021

1074

(Giwi Mosiaschwili - 7th FIDE World Cup 3rd Prize, 2019)

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1.Nd4! ~ 2.Qe6#
1...Qxe4 2.Qxc4#
1...Kxe4 2.Rxe3#
1...Bc6 2.Qxc6#
1...e5 2.Nf6#

Date added: 23/8/2021

1075

(Geza Dulcsan - Népszava, 25 Dec 1925)

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1.Kd6! ~ 2.Qb7#
1...Rxd3+ 2.Qxd3#
1...Kb5 2.Qc6#
1...Bc5+ 2.Nxc5#
1...Bb6 2.Nb8#
1...Bb8+ 2.Nxb8#
1...Nb6 2.Nc5#

Date added: 24/8/2021

1076

(Milan Cerulik & Oliver Ralik - Pravda (Bratislava), 12 Dec 1980)

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1.h8=Q!
1...Kc6 2.Qa8#
1...Ke6 2.Rxe5#
1...Kxe4 2.Bf3#

1.Ng8!
1...Kc6 2.Ne7#
1...Ke6 2.Nf4#
1...Kxe4 2.Nf6#

1.Ne3+!
1...Kc6 2.Rc4#
1...Ke6 2.Rf7#
1...Kxe4 2.Bf3#

Date added: 24/8/2021

1077

(Leonid Makaronez - Schach (magazine) 4th HM, Jan 1981)

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1.Rf3! (2.Nd2#)
1...Kd4 2.Qc3#
1...Kd3 2.Ng3#
1...Kb3 2.Nxc5#
1...Qxe4 2.Bf7#
1...Qf4/Qd4 2.Nd6#

Date added: 24/8/2021

1078

(T. S. Soby - Good Companions Folder, 1920)

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1.Bf3! (2.Qh2#)
1...Qe3/Qxf3/Qb2 2.Qxc5#
1...Qc1 2.dxc5#
1...cxd4 2.Qc7#

Date added: 24/8/2021

1079

(Alexander Henry Robbins - Hartford Weekly Times, 11 Nov 1880 )

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1.Nd5!
1...Nb3 (Nc2, Nf3, Nf5, Nc6)
2.Nc3#
2.Nc7#
1...Ne2 2.Nc7#
1...Ne6 2.Nc3#
1...Ka4 2.Nc3#
1...Kc4 2.Nxd6#
1...Kc6
2.Nc3#
2.Nc7#
1...c4 2.Nc3#

Date added: 24/8/2021

1080

(Vincente Maria Norberto Portilla - Zu Hause, 1870)

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1.Ra1! ~ 2.Qb1#

Date added: 24/8/2021