White to play and checkmate in two moves
1129
(YUrij Grigor'evich Gorbatenko - Задачи и этюды, 1996)
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1. Rxd4! [2. Qf6#]
1... Rh6 2. Rxf5#
1... Qa6 2. Rd3#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1130
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Manchester Guardian, 1957)
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1.Ra7! (2.Rf7#)
1...Bb2 2.Bd1#
1...Bc1 2.Be2#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1131
(Robert A. Lincoln - Šachmatija, Oct 2010)
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1.Ne2! ~ 2.Qd4#
1...Bf2 2.Qg5#
1...Be5 2.Ne7#
1...Ke5 2.Qc5#
Date added: 18/8/2021
1132
(Il'ya Stepanovich SHumov - Recueil de Problèmes Scacchographiques, 1867)
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1.Bd6+! Kxd6
2.Qd5#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1133
(Erlin Conrad - La Gazzetta Letteraria (Turin) 1st Prize, 1890)
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1.Ba6! ~ 2.Rf4#
1...Bxe4 2.Be2#
1...Kxe4 2.Qa8#
1...fxe4 2.Ne5#
1...Rxg3 2.Nd2#
1...Rg4 2.Re3#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1134
(A. Sartori - Magyar Sakkvilág, 10 Aug 1913)
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1.Rd5! ~ 2.gxh8=N#
1...Kh7 2.gxf8=N#
1...Bxg7 2.Rxg7#
1...Bxf7 2.gxf8=N#
1...Nxf7 2.gxf8=N#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1135
(Aleksej Grigor'evich Kopnin & Nikolaj Nikolaevich Popkov - 6x60, Finnish JT
6th Comm., 1978)
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1.Nd4! ~ 2.Qf4#
1...Ne4 2.Rxd5#
1...Re4 2.Nf3#
1...Rxd4 2.Qd6#
1...cxd4 2.f4#
1...Kxd4 2.Qxe3#
1...Ne6 2.Nc6#
1...Bf6 2.Qxf6#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1136
(Viktor Ivanovich CHepizhnyj - Wola Gułowska 3rd Comm., 1997)
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1.N5f4! (2.Ne5#)
1...Bxc3 2.Qe6#
1...Nxd3 2.Qxd3#
1...Kxc3 2.Qc1#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1137
(Kristaps Viksna - Schach (magazine), 1981)
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1.Re7! ~ 2.Nc6#
1...Rxd4 2.Qb8#
1...Rdxe6 2.Qb8#
1...Rfxe6 2.Qh8#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1138
(Andrejs Strebkovs - L'Italia Scacchistica, 2003)
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1.Ke7! (2.Qe5#)
1...Rxg5 2.Qf4#
1...Re4 2.Nf3#
1...Nd3 2.Ne2#
1...Bd5 2.dxc3#
1...Bxc5+ 2.Qd6#
1...d6 2.Rd5#
1...d5 2.Nxe6#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1139
(W. L. Starling - British Chess Federation 48th Tourney Comm.)
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1.Nb5! (2.Nc3#)
1...Kd3/Ne5 2.Nd6#
1...Bc4 2.Re3#
1...Bd5 2.Qc2#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1140
(Valerij Alekseevich Ivanov - Проблемист Прибужья 3rd Prize, 1990)
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1.Qb8! zz
1...Kh7/Kf5 2.Bc2#
1...Kxf7 2.Qe8#
Date added: 26/8/2021