White to play and checkmate in two moves
1093
(Yosi Retter - Israel Ring Tourney 4th HM, 1955)
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1.Nf3! (2.Qe3#)
1...Rxf3 2.Qd6#
1...Bxe4 2.Rf6#
1...Nxf3 2.Nd3#
1...Nxe4 2.Qf8#
1...Kxf3 2.Qxf2#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1094
(Evgenij Ivanovich SHapovalov - Шахматная композиция, 2013)
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1. Rg5! [2. f6#]
1... Bg6 2. fxg6#
1... Be6 2. fxe6#
1... Qxd4 2. Nxd4#
1... Qxd6 2. Nxd6#
1... Rf2+ 2. Kxf2#
1... Re2 2. K:e2#
1... Rg3+ 2. Kxg3#
1... Rxg4 2. Kxg4#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1095
(Viktor Sergeevich Kolpakov - Buletin Problemistic, Jul 1993)
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1.Kf4! ~
2.Nf5#
2.Ng2#
2.Nf3#
1...Rh1 2.Qxh1#
1...Rh2 2.Qxh2#
1...Rxg3 2.Qxg3#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1096
(Max Otto - Die Schwalbe, 1929)
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1.Qxd7! ~ 2.Qc6# (Ng5#)
1...Qxe5+ 2.Rxe5#
1...Qd4 2.Ng5#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1097
(Gerhard Maleika - Die Schwalbe, 1974)
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1.Bh2! (2.Qh7#/Qe5#/Rf4#)
1...Qxd2 2.Qe5#
1...Qd4 2.Rf4#/Qh7#/Qxd4#
1...Qd5 2.Rf4#
1...Qxd6 2.Qh7#
1...Qc3 2.Rf4#/Qh7#
1...Qxb3 2.Rf4#/Qe5#
1...Qe3 2.Qh7#/Qe5#
1...Qf3 2.Qe5#/Qd4#
1...Qg3 2.Qd4#
1...Qh3 2.Qe5#/Qd4#/Rf4#
1...Qf1 2.Qh7#/Qe5#/Qd4#
1...Qxc2 2.Qh7#/Qd4#
1...Qxb5 2.Qd4#/Rf4#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1098
(Rene Jean Millour - Europe Échecs, 1965)
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1.cxd4! (2.Qxe3#)
1...Qd3+ 2.cxd3#
1...Qc3/Qf3/Qg3/Qh3/Qd2/Qxc1 2.Rxe5#
1...Qxb3+ 2.cxb3#
1...Qxf2 2.c3#
1...Qxf4 2.c4#
1...Qxd4 2.Qg2#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1099
(Zoran S. Gavrilovski - The Problemist, 1998)
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1.d5! (2.Rxc6#)
1...Rc3 2.Re6#
1...Qc5 2.Qxc5#
1...Bxe5+ 2.fxe5#
1...Ne7 2.Bxe7#
1...cxd5 2.Qb6#
1...Rxc7 2.Bxc7#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1100
(Siegfried Magner - Armeeschachzeitung, 1906)
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1.Ke3+!
1...Rxb5 2.Qd3#/Qc4#
Date added: 24/8/2021
1101
(A. Cassinelli - Magyar Sakkvilág 1st Comm., Allgemeines Turnier, 1 May 1928)
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1.Nf4! ~ 2.Qg6#
1...Qxg7+ 2.Qxg7#
1...Qf6 2.Qg8#
1...Nf6 2.g8=Q#
1...Ne5 2.Qf5#
1...Kf6 2.g8=N#
Date added: 25/8/2021
1102
(Nils Gustav Helmer Jonsson - problem (Zagreb), 1960)
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1.Qf7! (2.Ne6#)
1...fxe5 2.Rg4#
Date added: 25/8/2021
1103
(Klaus Kuhn - Freie Presse, 1986)
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1.Bd4! zz
1...Ng1/Ng5/Nf2/Nf4 2.Nf2#
1...Qb4/Qb2/Qxb1/Qb6/Qb7/Qb8/Qc4/Qe2/Qf1/Qa4 2.Re5#
1...Qb3+ 2.cxb3#
1...Qxc5/Bb4 2.c4#
1...Qd3+ 2.cxd3#
1...Qxc6 2.c3#
1...Bc3/Bb6 2.Nxc3#
Date added: 25/8/2021
1104
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Leipziger Volkszeitung, 27 Apr 2007)
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1.Nd4! ~ 2.Bb3#
1...Qh1 2.Nf3#
1...Qb7 2.Nc6#
1...Qe1 2.Ne2#
1...Qxd4 2.Rxd4#
1...Qe7 2.Ne6#
Date added: 25/8/2021