White to play and checkmate in two moves
1081
(August Jenssen - Шахматы в СССР, 1933)
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1. Bd7! [2. Rc6#]
1... Bxg6 2. Qe6#
1... Bd5 2. Ne8#
1... Rxb6 2. Qxc5#
1... Qd5+ 2. Be5#
1... Qd2+ 2. Qf4#
1... Ne4+ 2. Nxe4#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1082
(Frank W. Martindale - Chess Problems, 1872)
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1.Qb1! zz
1...Kxg4 2.Qd1#
1...Kxg6 2.Be8#
1...Nf4/Nf8/Ng7/Nxd4/Nd8/N6c5/Nc7 2.Nxf4#
1...Nf2/Nf6/Ng3/Nxd2/Nd6/Nc3/N4c5 2.Nf6#
Date added: 18/8/2021
1083
(Johann Nepomuk Berger - Das Schachproblem und dessen kunstgerechte Darstellung, 1884)
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1.Qc8!
1...e4 2.Qh8#
1...Ke4 2.Qg4#
1...Nd1 (N~) 2.Qc4#
1...Nc4 2.Qxc4#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1084
(Samuel Gold - The Chess Monthly, 1880)
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1.Ne8! (2.Nf6#)
1...Kxd5 2.Rd6#
1...Nd7 2.Rxc4#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1085
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Vanity Fair, 1889)
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1.Qf3! (2.Re3#/Re2#/Re1#/Re5#/Rxe7#/Rd4#/Rc4#/Rb4#/Rf4#)
1...Kd5/Rxa4/Rb5+/Bc7/Bd8/Ba7 2.Rb4#
1...Kb7 2.Rxe7#
1...Nxh4 2.Rxh4#
1...Nf4 2.Rxf4#
1...Ne1 2.Rxe1#
1...Ne3 2.Rxe3#
1...e6 2.Rd4#
1...e5 2.Rxe5#
1...c4 2.Rxc4#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1086
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Wiener Schach-Zeitung, 1926)
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1. e5! [2. Nxe3#]
1. ... Bd4 2. Nf4#
1. ... N6d4 2. Nb2#
1. ... Rd4 2. Qxa6#
1. ... Rxd3+ 2. Bxd3#
1. ... Kd4/d5 2. Nxf6#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1087
(Jacobus Haring - De Maasbode, 1956)
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1.Nge3! ~ 2.Bd5#
1...Rxd4 2.Qf3#
1...Rxe3 2.Nd2#
1...Bxe3 2.Ng3#
1...Bb7 2.Bh7#
1...Be6 2.Qe5#
1...Re5 2.Qxe5#
1...Re6 2.Bh7#
1...Rd8 2.Qe5#
1...Rxg8 2.Qe5#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1088
(Kanan Valixanov - 3rd FIDE World Cup 1st Prize, 2013)
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1.Nd3! ~
2.Bxd7#
2.Nd4#
1...Qxf4 2.Ng7#
1...Rxd3 2.Bxd3#
1...Qxf3 (Qg7) 2.Ng7#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1089
(Jacob Schumer - Transvaal Leader 2nd Prize, Apr 1906)
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1.Bc8! ~ 2.Qb7#
1...Kxc8 2.Qa8#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1090
(Ivan Ivanovich Antipin - Hlas ľudu, 1987)
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1.Qc1! (2.Ne4#)
1...Bxc3 2.Bd4#
1...Nxc3 2.Ra5#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1091
(Jozsef Szoghy - Feldmann, Tibor Munkássakk 3rd-4th Prize, 1939)
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1.Qb3! ~ 2.Nf5#
1...d5 2.Re4#
1...d6 2.Be5#
1...Qe4 2.Rxe4#
1...Nc3 2.Qxc3#
1...bxa4 2.Qc4#
1...Qd5+ 2.Qxd5#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1092
(John Michael Rice - Die Schwalbe, Apr 1964)
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1.Bh3! (2.Qc2#)
1...Ne3/Nd2 2.Qg3#
1...Ng4 2.Qd6#/Qc6#
1...Nxg8 2.Qd6#/Qb6#
1...Nh5 2.Qd6#/Qc6#/Qb6#
1...Ne4 2.Qc6#/Qb6#
1...Ne8 2.Qb6#
1...Nxd5 2.Qd6#
1...Nd7 2.Qc6#
Date added: 24/8/2021