White to play and checkmate in two moves
1177
(Hrvoje Bartolovic - British Chess Federation Tourney No. 128, 1971-1972 1st Prize, Nov 1972)
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1.Qc4! ~ 2.Bxg4#
1...Nd5 2.Qd3#
1...Nf5 2.Nc3#
1...f3 2.Bd3#
1...Kxe5 2.Qe6#
1...Kf5 2.Bd3#
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1178
(Cornelis Goldschmeding - Elk Wat Wils Wedstrijd 2nd Place, 1942)
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1.Nd7! ~ 2.Nf6#
1...Rxh6 2.Nc3#
1...Bc1 (Bd2) 2.Qxe5#
1...Be3
2.Qxe5#
2.Nc3#
1...Bg3 2.Nc3#
1...Bxh6 (Bg5) 2.Qxe5#
1...Nc4 2.Nb4#
1...Nd3 (Nf3)
2.c4#
2.Nc3#
1...Nxd7 (Ng4, Ng6 Nf7) 2.c4#
1...Nxc5 2.Nb6#
1...Nxg7 (N6~) 2.Rd6#
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1179
(Aleksandr Petrovich Olejnik - Mat-Pat, 1991)
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1.d8N+!
1...Kxd6 2.f8Q#/f8B#
1...Kf6 2.f8Q#
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1180
(Nikolaj Osipov - Проблемист Прибужья, 1990)
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1.Nc3! (2.Ra4#)
1...Bxb4 2.Ra6#
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1181
(Salvatore Baldinu - L'Italia Scacchistica, 1999)
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1.Qb6! zz
1...Kd5 2.Qe6#
1...Kf4/Kf3/Kd3 2.Qe3#
1...Ke5 2.Qd4#
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1182
(Comins Mansfield - South African Chess Magazine, 1948)
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1.Bg3! ~ 2.Re5#
1...d3 2.Qxd3#
1...Ke3 2.Qe2#
1...Bxd5 2.Nc5#
1...Qxb5 2.Nf4#
1...Qxh5 2.Nxd4#
1...Qb8 2.Nc7#
1...Qh8 2.Ng7#
Date added: 1298/8/2021
1183
(Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko & Valentin Fedorovich Rudenko - Патріот Батьківщини 1st HM, 1982)
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1.Qd2! ~ 2.Be3#
1...Bxd3 2.Nf5#
1...Rc6+ 2.Nxc6#
1...Rb4+ 2.Qxb4#
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1184
(Cornelis Groeneveld - Šachové umění, 1984)
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1. Ne3! [2. Rh4#]
1. ... Bd5 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Bc4 2. Qxc4#
1. ... Ng2 2. Nc2#
1. ... e5 2. Nb5#
1. ... Nc3 2. Nc6#
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1185
(W. Steger - Arbeiter Schachzeitung, Oct 1919)
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1.Qa4! ~ 2.Qxd7#
1...c6 2.Qa5#
1...Bxa4 2.Rxc8#
1...Bb5 2.Rxc8#
1...Bc6 2.Rxc8#
1...Bxh3 2.Qe8#
1...Bg4 2.Qe8#
1...Bf5 2.Qe8#
1...Be6 2.Qe8#
1...Be8
2.Rxc8#
2.Qxe8#
1...e6 2.Qh4#
Date added: 29/8/2021
1186
(Samuel Loyd - The Hartford Globe, 1878)
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1.Na1!
1...Kxa1 2.Nc3#
1...Rc1 2.Qa5#
1...Rc2 2.Qa5#
1...Rc3+ 2.Nxc3#
1...Ra4 2.Nc3#
1...Rb4 2.Nc3#
1...Rc8 2.Qa5#
1...Rc7 2.Qa5#
1...Rc6 2.Qa5#
1...Rc5 2.Qa5#
1...Rg4 2.Nc3#
1...Rf4 2.Nc3#
1...Re4 2.Nc3#
1...Rd4 2.Nc3#
Date added: 29/8/2021
1187
(Jacobus Theodorus Sanderse - Probleemblad, 1979)
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1.Ba6! (2.Bxb7#)
1...Rb6/Rb5/Rxb8 2.Rxe7#
1...Rxa7/Rc7/Rd7 2.Rxb4#
1...Bb3/Ba4 2.Bd3#
1...Nxc3 2.Qh1#
1...exd6 2.Nxd6#
Date added: 29/8/2021
1188
(Birger Restad - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 Jun 1930)
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1.Bf7!
1...Nd2 (N~) 2.Qe5#
1...Kf5 2.Qe5#
1...Kxe3 2.Re1#
1...Rxh3 (R~) 2.Qf4#
1...Rg4 2.Qxf3#
1...Bg4 2.Qf4#
1...Bxf7 (B~) 2.Qxf3#
Date added: 29/8/2021