White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1261 to 1272

1261

(Aleksandr Grigor'evich Andreev - Вечерний Краснодар, 1996)

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1.Qc3! (2.Nc4#/Nd1#/N2d3#/Na4#)
1...Qa3/Qh8/Qg2 2.Qxa3#
1...Qa2 2.Nc2#
1...Qc8/Qc6 2.Nc4#
1...Qf3 2.N2d3#
1...Qh1+ 2.Nd1#

Date added: 5/9/2021

1262

(Charles Francis Stubbs - Canadian Chess Problems, 1890)

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1.Ne1! zz
1...Kxb2 2.Qxa1#
1...fxg6 2.Kxe6#
1...c6/c5 2.Kd6#
1...g4 2.Kf4#
1...Bxb2 2.Qd3#
1...Bd5 2.Kxd5#/Kxf5#
1...Bc4 2.Kxf5#
1...Bd7/Bc8 2.Kd5#
1...f4 2.Ke4#

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1263

(Mihajlo Teodozijovich Gal'ma - Шах-М (Боровичи), 1988)

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1.g6! zz
1...Ng3/Nf4/Nxf6 2.g7#
1...Ng7 2.fxg7#

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1264

(Ottavio Stocchi - Italian Championship 8th Prize, 1937)

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1.Bd3! (2.Qd4#)
1...e5 2.Qf2#
1...Be3 2.Qf5#[B]
1...Rxd3 2.Nxd3#[A]
1...Ng5 2.Qxg5#
1...Nfe5 2.Nfd5#
1...Nd2 2.e3#
1...Nce5 2.Nbd5#

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1265

(Paz Einat & Islam Kazimov - Mat Plus, 2009)

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1.Nd6! ~ 2.Ne6#
1...Ke5 2.Qa1#
1...Kxc5 2.Qa7#

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1266

(Valentin Viktorovich Lider - Deutsche Schachblätter, 1986)

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1.Kf6! zz
1...dxe5 2.fxe5#
1...hxg5 2.fxg5#
1...f2 2.Qh1#

1.f6! zz
1...dxe5 2.f5#
1...hxg5 2.Qxh7#
1...f2 2.Qh1#

1.Rd3! zz
1...dxe5 2.Nc5#
1...hxg5 2.Nxg5#
1...f2 2.Qh1#

Date added: 5/9/2021