White to play and checkmate in two moves
1249
(Jan Hartong - Elk Wat Wils Wedstrijd 1st Prize, 1947)
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1.Bf7! ~ 2.Qxf4#
1...Be3 2.Re4#
1...Re3 2.Rxc5#
1...Ne3 2.Qc3#
1...Re6 2.Bxe7#
1...Be6 2.Nxc6#
1...e6 2.Qd6#
1...Nd3 2.Nxd3#
1...Rxd2 2.Re4#
1...Re4 2.Rxe4#
1...Bg3 2.Rxc5#
1...Rf6 2.Bxf4#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1250
(Roland Lowe - Schach (magazine) 1st Commendation, 1984)
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1.Qc6! (2.Qd6#)
1...e3 2.Nf3#
1...c3 2.Bxc3#
1...Nb6 2.Qc5#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1251
(Valerij Volodimirovich Kopil - В. Рябцев - 40 ЮК 2nd Prize, 2000)
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1. Qh8! ~ 2. Qh1#
1... Rc2 2. Qe8#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1252
(Gerhard Maleika - 4th TT 3rd HM, 1991-1992 Harmonie, 1992)
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1.Qf4! (2.Qf5#/Qf7#/Qe4#/Qxc4#)
1...Ke6 2.Qf7#
1...Be2 2.Qf5#/Qf7#/Qe4#
1...Bf3 2.Qf5#/Qf7#/Qxc4#
1...Bg4 2.Qe4#/Qxc4#
1...Bh5 2.Qf5#/Qe4#/Qxc4#
1...Bc2 2.Qf7#/Qxc4#
1...Bxb3 2.Qf5#
1...cxb3 2.Qf5#/Qc4#
1...c3 2.Qf5#/Qe4#
1...Bxg7 2.Qf7#/Qe4#/Qxc4#
1...Nxg3 2.Qxc4#
1...Ne3 2.Qf7#/Qe4#
1...Nd2 2.Qf5#/Qf7#
1...cxb5 2.Qe4#
1...dxc5 2.Qe5#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1253
(Riccardo Redaelli - L'Alfiere di Re, 1925)
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1.Qh1! (2.Qc1#)
1...Rd4 2.Qxc6#
1...Rxd3+ 2.exd3#
1...Rxd6 2.Nxd6#
1...Rc5/Rb5/Rda5/Rf5/Rg5 2.Qe4#
1...Re5/Nd4 2.Nxe5#
1...Ra3/Ra1/Rb4 2.Rb4#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1254
(ZHivko Janevski - Уральский проблемист, 2012)
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1. Rc5! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... dxc5 2. d8Q#
1. ... Kxc5 2. d4#
1. ... Ne3 2. Bxe3#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1255
(Imants Kulis - TT Латвийской комиссии по шахматной композиции 1st-2nd Place, 1984)
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1. Bb5! [2. Ra4#]
1... N7~ 2. Nbc6#
1... Nxb5+ 2. Nac6#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1256
(Aleksandr Bylevskij - Boletim da União Brasileira de Problemistas, 1992)
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1.Qd6! (2.Nd3#)
1...exd6 2.Ng6#
1...Bxe5 2.Qd2#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1257
(Lev Il'ich Loshinskij - Sowjetisches Turnier 11th Place, 1952)
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1.Ne6! (2.Rc5#)
1...N7xe5 2.Nf4#
1...Qxe5 2.Rxc3#
1...N3xe5 2.Nc7#
1...Kxe5/Bxe6 2.Qe4#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1258
(Fedir Mihajlovich Kapustin - Olimpiya dünyası 2nd Prize, 2010)
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1. Bd5! waiting
1. ... exf3 2. Ra2#
1. ... Kxf3 2. Bxe4#
Date added: 3/9/2021
1259
(Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko - Stella Polaris, 1968 )
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1.Qf7! (2.Qd5#)
1...Rxd8+ 2.exd8N#
1...Rxf8 2.exf8Q#
Date added: 5/9/2021
1260
(Henryk Kruk - Canadian Chess Chat, 1982)
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1.Bxd3! zz
1...e3 2.Nf3#
1...c3 2.Nb3#
1...cxd3 2.Qa4#
1...exd3 2.Qg4#
1...Kxd3 2.Nf1#/Nf3#/Nb3#
Date added: 5/9/2021