White to play and checkmate in two moves
1213
(Fiodor Vasil'evich Davidenko - Шахматы в СССР 1st Comm., 1977)
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1. Bf4! [2. Qf5, Qd5#]
1... Rxf4 2. Qd5#
1... Bxf4 2. Qf5#
1... Qc5 2. Nf6#
1... Qb6 2. Nge5#
1... Bb3 2. Qb5#
1... Qxg4+ 2. Qxg4#
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1214
(John Frederick Keeble - British Chess Magazine, Jun 1916)
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1.Qa5! ~
2.Bb5#
2.Bxb7#
1...b5+ 2.Bxb5#
1...b6 2.Bb7#
1...bxc6 2.Bc8#
1...bxa6 2.Qxa6#
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1215
(Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozhakin - Минимат, 1986)
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1.Ra6! zz
1...Kc3 2.Qd2#
1...Kc5 2.Qd6#
1...Ka3 2.Qb3#
1...a3 2.Qd4#
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1216
(Alex Casa - Phénix 3rd Prize, 1995)
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1.Ne3! (2.Nf7#)
1...Rg6/Bf5/Bg8 2.Qf5#
1...Rf6 2.Qd5#
1...Bg6 2.Bd6#
1...Rxc4 2.Nxc4#
1...Nf4 2.Qxf4#
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1217
(Oskar Wielgos - Die Schwalbe, 1982)
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1.Qd2! (2.Qb4#)
1...Bxd6 2.Nxd6#
1...Rc3 2.Qxc3#
1...Qe1 2.Rc6#
1...Nd5 2.Qxd5#
1...Qc5 2.Nb2#
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1218
(Antonio Garofalo - Contro Mossa, 1980)
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1.N5f4! ~ 2.Qd5#
1...Bc6 2.Qa3#
1...c6 2.Rxd7#
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1219
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Schach-Echo 4th Prize, 1987-88, Aug 1988)
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1.Bd5! ~ 2.Qc4#
1...Kxd5 2.Qxd3#
1...c4 2.Nf3#
1...Rxd5 2.Rxf4#
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1220
(Erio Salardini - De Problemist, 1931)
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1.Qd3! (2.Qd6#)
1...Rd2 2.Nxf3#
1...c4 2.Qd4#
1...Ne4 2.Qd5#
1...Ne6 2.Rxf5#
1...Nxd3 2.Nxd3#
1...Nd5 2.Qxf5#
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1221
(YUrij Nikolaevich Vahlakov - ЮК В.Шаньшин-40, ТТ, Шахматная поэзия 3rd Prize, 2001)
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1. Nd3! [2. Qc3#]
1... Rc8 2. Rd5#
1... b4 2. Qc4#1... Kxd3 2. Qc3#
1... exd3 2. R2f4#
1... e3 2. R5f4#
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1222
(Per Ivan Rune Asplund - Tidskrift för Schack 6th HM, Jan 1953)
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1.Ng7!
1...Ne6 (Nf~) 2.Qxe6#
1...Kxe7 2.Bxg5#
1...Nh4 2.Qf8#
1...Nf8 2.Qxf8#
1...Nxe7 2.Ne8#
1...Bxg7 2.Qxg7#
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1223
(Sandor Boros - Schackvärlden, 1938)
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1.Rxg7!
1...Nc3 (N4~) 2.Rxh7#
1...Bxg7 2.Nf7#
1...Rxg7 2.Rxh6#
1...Nxf6 2.Rxg8#
1...Nxg7 2.Nf7#
1...Rxg7 (Rg~) 2.Rf8#
1...Kxg7 2.Rf7#
1...Nc7
2.Qxg8#
2.Rxg8#
1...Nxd6
2.Qxg8#
2.Rxg8#
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1224
(Vladislav Bunka - Šachové umění, Jan 2007)
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1.d4! (2.Qc5#)
1...Bxd4 2.Nxf4#
1...Rc4 2.Qxd7#
1...Rxd4 2.Nxc3#
1...Ne4 2.Bf7#
1...Bc6 2.Qg8#
1...d6 2.e6#
Date added: 1/9/2021