White to play and checkmate in two moves
1117
(Valerij YUr'evich SHan'shin - Gaudium 4th Comm., 2017-2018)
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1.f4! ~
2.Bd1#
2.Be2#
2.Bf3#
1...Qxf4+ 2.Bf3#
1...Qc1+ 2.Bd1#
1...Qc4+ 2.Be2#
1...Bxf4 2.Rh3#
1...Kxf4 2.Bh3#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1118
(Zsigmond Gold - Montreal Gazette, 1897)
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1.Rc4! (2.Qc6#)
1...Kxc4 2.Ne3#
1...Qe6 2.Qc5#
1...Nxc4 2.e4#
1...Ne5/Nd4 2.Rd4#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1119
(Percy Francis Blake - Stratford Express, 1919)
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1.Qb2!
1...c2
2.Nf6#
2.Qd4?
1...Bg1 2.Nxg3#
1...cxb2 2.Nd2#
1...b3 2.Nxc3#
1...Nxg2+ 2.Qxg2#
1...Nh3 (Nf4~) 2.Qe2#
1...Nxd5 2.Rxc4#
1...Ne5 (Ng6~) 2.Rxf4#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1120
(Barry Peter Barnes - British Chess Magazine, 1967)
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1.Bxd5! (2.Ra3#)
1...b4 2.Bc4#
1...Qxd5 2.Qxd5#
1...Qa6 2.Be4#
1...Nd2 2.Raxd2#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1121
(Viktor Ivanovich CHepizhnyj - Sportowiec Comm., 1959)
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1.e4! zz
1...d3 2.Qa1#
1...f3 2.Nc4#
1...cxb5/c5 2.Qd5#
1...Ng1/Ng5/Nf2 2.Rg5#
1...dxe3 e.p. 2.Re4#
1...Ne6/Nf7/Nb7 2.Qxe6#
1...fxe3 e.p. 2.Re4#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1122
(Vladimir Alekseevich Erohin - Gazeta Częstochowska, 1978)
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1.Ne3! ~ 2.Re7#
1...Bxe3 2.Rxg4#
1...Bd4 2.Re6#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1123
(Ottavio Stocchi - Bamahane 1st Prize, 1951)
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1.Ne2! (2.Qxd6#)
1...cxd2 2.Nc5#
1...exd2 2.Ne5#
1...Qa3/Qa4 2.Qxc3#
1...Rd5 2.Qxd5#
1...Rd4/Rxc6 2.Rxd4#
1...Rxd7 2.Qxd7#
1...Re6/Rf6/Rg6/Rh6 2.Rd4#/Qd5#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1124
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Chess, 1947)
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1.Qg5! (2.Qxf6#)
1...Be4/Be6/Bf7/Bg8/Bb3/Ba2/Ne4/Ne8/Nf5/Nf7/Nc8/Nxb7 2.Rxe4#
1...Bc4 2.Qxc5#
1...fxg5 2.Bg7#
1...Nc4 2.Bxc5#
1...Nb5 2.Nxc6#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1125
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Pictorial World, 1891)
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1.Nb6! zz
1...Kf6 2.Qh8#
1...Kxd6 2.c8N#
1...f6/Rc2/Rc1/Rc4/Rc5/Rc6/Rxc7/Rb3/Ra3/Rd3/Rxe3 2.N2c4#
1...Be1/Bxe3/Bc1 2.Nd7#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1126
(Frank W. Martindale - Chess Problems, 1872)
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1.Nd5!
1...Na2
2.Nf6#
2.Bg2#
1...Nb1
2.Nf6#
2.Bg2#
1...Nd1
2.Nf6#
2.Bg2#
1...Ne2
2.Nf6#
2.Bg2#
1...Nxd5
2.Qh7#
2.Bg2#
1...Nb5
2.Nf6#
2.Bg2#
1...Na4
2.Nf6#
2.Bg2#
1...d3 2.Bg2#
1...Kxd5 2.Qa8#
1...Be1 2.Qh1#
1...Bf2 2.Qh1#
1...Bg3 2.Qh1#
1...Bxg5 2.Qh1#
1...e5 2.Nf6#
1...exd5 2.Qe8#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1127
(Karl Artur Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel' - British Chess Federation 2nd Prize, 1934)
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1.Bc6! zz
1...Nxd3/exd3 2.e3#
1...Nxe2/Nb3/Na2 2.Nb3#
1...e6 2.Qd7#
1...e5 2.Bb6#
1...Bxh3/Bxe2/Be6/Bd7/Bc8 2.Rxe4#
1...Bf3/Bf5 2.Qg1#
1...e3 2.Nf3#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1128
(Ernst Altmann - Fränkisches Volksblatt 2nd HM, 1910)
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1.Be4!
1...dxe4 2.Qc4#
1...f5 2.Rc6#
1...Qh6 2.Qc7#
1...Qh8
2.Qc7#
2.Rg3#
1...Qf8 2.Rg3#
1...Qxg6 2.Qc7#
1...Qxf7 2.Rg3#
1...Qg8 2.Qc7#
1...Qh7 2.Rg3#
Date added: 26/8/2021