White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1321 to 1332

1321

(Bela Schwarcz - Népszava, 25 Sep 1927)

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1.dxc5!
1...Ne1 (N~ ) 2.Nf4#
1...a4 2.Nb4#
1...Nxc5+ 2.Rxc5#
1...Nd6 2.cxd6#
1...Nd8 2.c6#

Date added: 9/9/2021

1322

(Ferenc Fleck - L'Italia Scacchistica 3rd HM, 1934)

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1.Qh5! ~ 2.Qf3#
1...Ng4 2.Qh1#
1...Kd5
2.a8=Q#
2.a8=B#
1...Qxe3 2.Ng6#
1...Qxe5 2.Rxe5#
1...g4 2.Ne7#

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1323

(Mihailo Smoljanovic - Nedjeljni vjesnik, 26 Jan 2003)

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1.Re5! (2.Re4#)

1...Kxe5 2.Bc3#

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1324

(Gerhard Maleika - The Problemist Supplement, May 2005)

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1.Rb5! (2.Rd4#)
1...Qxg1 2.Qf7#
1...Qd5 2.exd5#
1...Nf3 2.exd3#
1...Nf5 2.exf5#
1...Bxc3 2.b3#
1...Bb6 2.Rb4#
1...Nxb5 2.Bb3#
1...Nc6 2.Rc5#

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1325

(Aleksandr Petrovich Olejnik - Магаданская правда, 1999)

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1.g8Q! (2.Qg4#)

1...h5 2.Qd8#

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1326

(Jaques Fulpius - Journal de Genève, 1979)

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1.Re8! (2.Nf4#/Nf8#/Ng5#/Nxg7#/Nd4#/Nd8#/Nc5#/Nc7#)
1...Bxg4 2.Nxg2#
1...fxe6 2.Rxe6#
1...f6/f5 2.Nxg7#
1...Qh5/Qxh4/Qg5 2.Ng5#
1...Qf4 2.Nxf4#
1...Nxg3 2.Qxg1#
1...Nf2 2.Qd2#
1...b5 2.Bc5#
1...Nf3 2.exf3#
1...Nxe2+ 2.Qxe2#
1...Ra5 2.Nc5#
1...Rxa4 2.Nd4#
1...Ra7 2.Nc7#
1...Ra8 2.Nd8#
1...g5 2.Nf5#
1...Rg8 2.Nf8#

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1327

(Arnoldo Ellerman - The Brisbane Courier 4th HM, 21 May 1921)

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1.Na4! (2.Bc5#)
1...c3 2.Qe4#
1...Rxa4 2.Rxa4#
1...Rf2 2.Qc3#
1...Nd3 2.Qb7#
1...Ne3 2.Qf8#

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1328

(T Welburn - The Field, 19 Feb 1949)

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1.Bxb7! zz

1...g1Q/g1R/g1B/g1N 2.Qxg1#

1...f3 2.Qe3#

1...d5 2.Qe7#

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1329

(Jacobus Haring - Main-Post, 1970)

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1.Ba7! ~ 2.Qg1#
1...Qe4+ 2.Qc2#
1...Qb7+ 2.Qb2#

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1330

(Kabe Moen - The Problemist Supplement, May 2018)

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1.Qc3!
1...Ka1 2.Qxa3#
1...Nxd2 (S~) 2.Ra1#
1...Rb8 (R~) 2.Qa1#
1...Rxd2 2.Qc4#
1...Bf8 (B~) 2.Qxb2#


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1331

(Joseph Goldschmidt - Hazofe, 1958)

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1.Nf4! (2.Nfe6#)
1...N3g5 2.Rc6#
1...N3e5 2.Qg1#
1...Nd4 2.Bb4#
1...N7g5/Nd8 2.Qc4#
1...N7e5 2.Qd5#

Date added: 2/9/2021

1332

(Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Massmann - Der Schachspiegel, Mar 1948)

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1.Qc2+!
1...Kd5 2.Qf5#
1...Kb4 2.Nc6#
1...Rc4 2.Qxc4#

Date added: 10/9/2021