White to play and checkmate in two moves
1141
(Srdjan Svetec - Liga Problemista, 1980)
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1.g4!
1...Bh2 2.Qf2#
1...Bf2+ 2.Qxf2#
1...Kxf3 2.Qh3#
1...exf3 2.Qe7#
1...fxg4 ep. 2.Qxe4#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1142
(E. Stephenson - Double Pin-Mate after a Black King Move, 1980)
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1.Nxf5! (2.Nb6#)
1...Kxd5 2.Nfd6#
1...Nxf2 2.Rxc3#
1...Bxc8 2.Qf1#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1143
(Juan Zaldo Zapirain - Magasinet, 1951)
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1. Bc3! [2. Rf6#]
1... Be6 2. Qh5#
1... Rc6 2. Qc2#
1... f3 2. Qe5#
1... g3 2. Qh3#
Date added: 26/8/2021
1144
(Gurusisya Chess Academy - puzzle #406, 27 Aug 2021)
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1. Qc6+!
1. ... Kxc6 2. axb8=N#
Date added: 27/8/2021
1145
(Cornelis Groeneveld - Reformatorisch Dagblad 1st HM, 1998)
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1.Nf7! (2.Qc4#)
1...Rc5 2.Rd8#
1...Rd4 2.Qf5#
1...Bc5 2.Bc6#
1...Bd4 2.Qxf3#
1...Nxf7 2.Bxf7#
1...Be4 2.Qd6#
Date added: 27/8/2021
1146
(Mihajlo Teodozijovich Gal'ma - Suomen Tehtäväniekat, 2000)
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1.Rg7! zz
1...Kf6 2.Bd4#
1...Kd6 2.Bf4#
Date added: 27/8/2021
1147
(Nikolaj Skomoroschenko - ChessStar, 10 Feb 2020)
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1.Bh7!
1...b2 2.Se5#
1...Kc2 2.Qc1#
1...Kc4 2.Qc5#
Date added: 27/8/2021
1148
(Piotr Zabirohin - Шахматная поэзия, 2006)
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1.Nd1! (2.Nxc3#)
1...Bd4 2.Nb4#
1...Bxc5+ 2.Rd6#
(1...Nxb5 2.Bxe6#
1...Rxc6 2.Qxc6#)
Date added: 27/8/2021
1149
(Zoltan Labai - Karol Mlynka 60-JT 1st HM, 2004-05, 2004)
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1.Nb6! ~ 2.Nc8#
1...Nxe7 2.Bxe7#
1...Bxb6 2.Rd7#
Date added: 27/8/2021
1150
(Philip Hamilton Williams - British Chess Magazine, Mar 1892)
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1.Qc3!
1...Nb2 2.Nc5#
1...Nxc3 2.Nc5#
1...Nc5 2.Nxc5#
1...Nb6
2.Nc5#
2.Nc7#
1...f3 2.Qe3#
1...Bxh3 2.Qxh3#
1...Bf5 2.Bxf5#
1...Bxc3 2.Nc7#
1...Bb4 2.Nc7#
1...Bd8 2.Qe1#
1...Bc7 2.Nxc7#
1...Bb6 2.Qe1#
1...b4 2.Qe1#
1...h4 2.Bxg4#
1...d6 2.Qxc8#
1...Nb6 2.Nc7#
1...Nd6 2.Ng7#
Date added: 27/8/2021
1151
(Godfrey C. Quack - The Problemist, 1991)
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1.Rd5! zz
1...exd5 2.Qa6#
1...c2 2.Nf7#
1...g4 2.Nxg4#
Date added: 27/8/2021
1152
(Antal Ludanyi - Vasárnapi Újság, 1910)
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1.Qc6! ~ 2.Nd6#
1...Nc4 2.Ne3#
1...Rxh6 2.Nxg3#
1...Kxf5 2.Ne3#
1...Bxf5 2.Nf6#
Date added: 27/8/2021