White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1237 to 1248

1237

(Jan Valuska - ÚV ČSTV 2nd Prize, 1983)

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1.Ne3! zz
1...cxb2 2.Qxd5#
1...c2 2.Nc4#
1...Kxb2 2.Rdb1#

Date added: 2/9/2021

1238

(Jerzy Panecki - Probleemblad 2nd Prize, Mar 1969)

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1.Nd4! ~ 2.Rg2#
1...Rd5 2.Qxa3#
1...Bd5 2.Qxg7#
1...d5 2.Qxc7#
1...Rf3 2.Rxf3#
1...Re3 2.Qxe3#
1...Re5 2.Bf4#

Date added: 2/9/2021

1239

(Otto Georg Edgar Dehler - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Mar 1925)

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1.h8=Q! ~
2.e8=Q#
2.e8=B#
1...Kf7 2.e8=Q#

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1240

(Nandor Firbas - Magyar Sakkélet, 1980)

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1.Rg6! ~ 2.Rxb6#
1...cxb3 2.Qxb3#
1...Bd1 2.Bc2#
1...Be2 2.Bd1#
1...Bf3 2.Bxc3#
1...b5 2.Bc5#

Date added: 2/9/2021

1241

(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Schach (magazine), 2006)

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1.Qc2! (2.Nd3#)
1...Rc3/Ned6 2.Ne6#
1...Nf2/Nd2/Nc3/Nc5 2.Qxf5#
1...Neg3 2.Ng2#

Date added: 2/9/2021

1242

(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Schach-Echo 3rd Comm., 20 Mar 1960)

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1.Qc8! (2.Rf5#/Qf5#)
1...Bxe4 2.Rd1#
1...Ne6 2.Qxe6#
1...Nd7 2.Qe8#

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1243

(Niktopolion Pavlovich Kascheev - Land og Folk, 1973)

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1. Qb3! [2. Qd3#]
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qd3#

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1244

(Niktopolion Pavlovich Kascheev - Land og Folk, 1974)

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1.Ke4! zz
1...d2 2.Nfg3#
1...f2 2.Nhg3#

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1245

(Gerhard Paul Latzel - Die Schwalbe, 1940)

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1.d3! ~ 2.Be4#
1...Nf6 2.Rg5#
1...Ne5 2.Nd6#
1...Ne5 2.Nd6#

Date added: 2/9/2021

1246

(Istvan Stefano Rago - Budapesti Sakkujság, 15 Feb 1934)

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1.f8=R!
1...Re8 2.Bxe8#
1...Re5 2.Qc5#
1...Re6 2.dxe6#
1...Rxh7+ 2.Bxh7#
1...Rg7 2.Rf6#
1...Rf7 2.Bxf7#

Date added: 3/9/2021

1247

(Ladislav Mikus - Pravda (Bratislava), 8 Jul 1977)

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1.Ba2! ~ 2.Re3#
1...d3 2.Rb4#
1...Ke6 2.Rf3#
1...Kxe4 2.Nf6#
1...Kc4 2.Qxc6#
1...Na5 2.Nf6#
1...Nb4 2.Nf6#

Date added: 3/9/2021

1248

(Johan Hilding Laurentius Froberg - Springaren, 1960)

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1.Nf7! zz
1...Kh7 2.Bf5#
1...Kxf7 2.Bh5#

Date added: 3/9/2021