White to play and checkmate in two moves
1165
(Aleksandr Grigor'evich Andreev - Вечерний Краснодар, 1996)
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1.Rh4! zz
1...Kg7 2.h8Q#
1...Nxh4/Ne5 2.Qg8#
1...Nf4/Nf8 2.Qg8#/Qb2#
1...Ne7 2.Qb2#
Date added: 28/8/2021
1166
(Imre Olasz - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 May 1923)
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1.Qxc5! ~ 2.Rxd5#
1...Ng3 2.Nxf2#
1...Be5+ 2.Rf6#
1...Qxc5 2.Nxc5#
1...d3+ 2.Nxc3#
1...Kd3 2.Rxf3#
1...Ne5 2.Rf4#
Date added: 28/8/2021
1167
(Josef Kupper - Problem–Forum, Dec 2011)
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1.Bb6! ~ 2.Rd4#
1...Bxb6 2.Qxd6#
1...b3 2.Nxc3#
1...Nc2 (Nb5) 2.Qb5#
1...f3 2.Ne3#
1...Qxd1 (Qe5) 2.Re5#
Date added: 28/8/2021
1168
(Volodimir Leonidovich Karpenko - RIA, 2005)
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1.Kc4! zz
1...Ka3 2.Qb3#
1...Rb1 2.Qa4#
1...Bd2/Be3/Bf4/Bg5/Bh6 2.Qxb2#
Date added: 28/8/2021
1169
(Mihail Ivanovich SHablinskij - Wola Gułowska 6th Commendation, 2001)
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1. Rxc5! ~ 2. Qxc4#
1... Bxc5+ 2. Bxc5#
1... Nd6 2. Rd5#
1... Nb4 2. Rxc4#
compare to #1170
Date added: 28/8/2021
1170
(Mihail Ivanovich SHablinskij - Wola Gułowska 6th Commendation, 2001)
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1. Nxc5! ~ 2. Qxc4#
1... Bxc5+ 2. Bxc5#
1... Nd6 2. Nxb3#
1... Nb4 2. Ne6#
compare to #1169
Date added: 28/8/2021
1171
(Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozhakin)
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1.Ke6! (2.Qf3#/Qe5#)
1...d3 2.Qe5#
Date added: 28/8/2021
1172
(Nikolaj S. Zinov'ev - За огнеупоры, 1989)
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1.h8Q! zz
1...Kxd5 2.Qhd4#/Qad4#
1...cxd5 2.Qc7#
1...c5 2.Qd7#
1...exd5 2.Qf6#
1...e5 2.Qd8#
Date added: 18/8/2021
1173
(Gerald P. Bowell - Chess, 1943)
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1.Rh7! zz
1...f6/f5 2.Qxe7#
1...e6 2.Ne4#
1...e5+ 2.Kc4#
1...c6 2.Nc8#
1...c5+ 2.Ke4#
Date added: 28/8/2021
1174
(Arthur Robert Gooderson - British Chess Federation Tourney No. 139, 1976-1977 Commendation, 1977)
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1.Qxe5! ~ 2.Rc5#
1...Rxe2 2.Qe6#
1...Rd3 2.Qb5#
1...Re4 2.e3#
1...Rxf3 2.Qd5#
1...Rxe5+ 2.Ν7xe5#
1...b3 2.Ra4#
1...cxd6 2.Νxd6#
Date added: 29/8/2021
1175
(Voldemars Macs - Lettische Meisterschaft 3rd Place, 1955)
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1.Ne3! (2.Qxd6#)
1...Ke5 2.Rxe4#
1...Kc5 2.Nb3#
1...d5 2.Qxd5#
Date added: 29/8/2021
1176
(Stig Herman Svenning Svennerstedt - Magasinet, 1937)
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1. Bxf4! [2. Rh4#]
1. ... Qxd7+ 2. Qxd7#
1. ... Qxf4+ 2. Nf6#
1. ... Qd8 2. Ne5#
1. ... Rxf4+ 2. gxf4#
1. ... Rxg3 2. Bxc7, Rxg3#
Date added: 29/8/2021