White to play and checkmate in two moves
1285
(Horacio Luis Musante - El Ajedrez Español, Jul 1949)
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1.Nb5! ~ 2.Nf4#
1...Nh3 2.Qe4#
1...Qc1 2.Rxc5#
1...dxc3 2.Nxc3#
1...Rf5+ 2.Qxf5#
1...Bxc7 2.Nxc7#
1...Bg5 2.Qf5#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1286
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Field, 1900)
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1.Bh1! zz
1...Rxc2/Rxc5/Rd3+ 2.Rd3#
1...Rc4 2.bxc4#
1...Rxb3/Re3/Rf3/Rg3/Rxh3 2.c4#
1...Bf7/Bg6 2.Qa8#
1...Bh5+/Bxd7 2.Rxh5#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1287
(Mihajlo Nazarovich Marandyuk - Смена (Москва) 1st HM, 1996)
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1.Nd7! zz
1...Ke7 2.Qf8#
1...Kg6 2.Ne5#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1288
(Boris Dmitrievich Pustovoj - Минимат, 1970)
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1.Bf1! (2.Qg2#)
1...Kxf1 2.Rb1#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1289
(Rudolf L'hermet - Revista Română de Şah, 20 Nov 1926 )
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1.Qe5!
1...Ka7 2.Qa1#
1...b5 2.Qa1#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1290
(Karl Adolf Koefoed Larsen - Fyens Stiftstidende, 1935)
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1. Ne8! waiting
1. ... Kd8/c8 2. Nf6#
1. ... Ke6 2. f8=N#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1291
(Marjan Kovachevic - diagrammes, 2011)
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1. Rc4! [2. Nd2#]
1... Bxd4 2. Nc3#
1... Qa5 2. Ng5#
1... Qxd4 2. Bd5#
1... Be1 2. d5#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1292
(Aleksej Grigor'evich Kopnin - Командное первенство СССР 4th Place, 1974)
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1. Re8! [2. Qxd3#]
1... Bd7 2. Ne7#
1... Ba6 2. Be6#
1... c4 2. Nd4#
1... N3~ 2. Re5#
1... Rd2 2. g4#
1... N1f2 2. Nxe3#
1... Qf1 2. Nh4#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1293
(Vasil' Vasil'ovich Dyachuk - Israel Ring Tourney 5th HM, 2001)
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1.Nf6! ~ 2.Rf8#
1...Bg2 2.Bd3#
1...cxd4 2.Qc8#
1...Nxf6 2.Rxf6#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1294
(Giorgi Kakabadze - Шахматы в СССР, Feb 1973)
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1.Qa6! (2.Qa2#)
1...e2 2.Qh6#
1...c3 2.Qd3#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1295
(Wilhelm Ferreau - Die Schwalbe, Feb 1940)
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1. Ne6! [2. Nc7#]
1. ... Rxe6 2. Qc5#
1. ... Ngxe6 2. Nf6#
1. ... Nfxe6 2. Nc3#
1. ... Kxe6 2. N4c5#
1. ... Bc3 2. Qxa2#
1. ... Rxd7 2. Qxc6#
Date added: 7/9/2021
1296
(Vladimir Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov & Jose Santiago Rivas - Apprenti Sorcier, 1991)
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1.Qh5! ~
2.Bd7#
2.Bg6#
2.Qg6#
1...Nf6 2.Bg6#
1...Ne5 2.Rxe5#
1...Nf7
2.Bd7#
2.Qh7#
1...Ne3
2.Bd7#
2.Bg6#
2.Re5#
1...Nf2
2.Bd7#
2.Bg6#
2.Re5#
1...Nh2
2.Bd7#
2.Bg6#
2.Re5#
Date added: 8/9/2021