White to play and checkmate in two moves
1333
(Paul Keres - Els Escacs a Catalunya, 1935)
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1.Nb5! ~
2.Nf4#
2.Nc7#
1...Kxd5+ 2.Nd6#
1...Kf5+ 2.Nc7#
1...Ke4+ 2.Nf4#
1...Nf4 2.Nxf4#
1...Nc7 2.Nxc7#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1334
(Ottavio Stocchi - Problem (Zagreb) 2nd HM, 1955)
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1.Nf7! (2.Nd8#/Rd6#/Re5#)
1...Kxf7 2.g8Q#
1...Rf5/Rf4/Rf3/Rf2/Rf1 2.Rd6#
1...Rfxf7 2.Qa6#
1...b3 2.Nd8#
1...Nxf7 2.Nd4#
1...Re8/Rd7/Rc7/Rb7/Ra7 2.Re5#
1...Rexf7 2.Re2#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1335
(Rudolf Prytz - Skakbladet, 1922)
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1.Qa1! zugzwang
1...Kf6 2.Rf5#
1...Kh6 2.Rh5#
1...Kh8 2.Rh5#
1...Kf8 2.Rf5#
1...Kf7 2.Rf5#
1...Kh7 2.Rh5#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1336
(Pascal di Scala - Diagrammes, 1990)
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1.Qg6! (2.Qd3#)
1...Kxd5 2.Qe6#
1...Nc1 2.Qe4#
1...Nc5 2.Nb6#
1...Nd4 2.Ne3#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1337
(Karl Artur Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel' - Молодой ленинец (Луганск), 1939)
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1.Kc6! zz
1...Kxa6 2.Qa2#
1...Ka8 2.Kb6#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1338
(Zacharias Fjellstrom - British Chess Federation Tourney No. 66, 1950-1951 5th HM, 1950)
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1.Kh6! ~ 2.Qxd4#
1...Nb3 2.Nxd5#
1...Nc2 2.Bh2#
1...Ne2 2.Rf1#
1...Nf3 2.Rg4#
1...Nxf5+ 2.Qxf5#
1...Ne6 2.fxe6#
1...Nc6 2.Ne6#
1...Nb5 2.Nd3#
1...Bb1 2.Nxd5#
1...Rb4 2.Bh2#
1...Rd2 2.Bxe3#
1...Qd3
2.Qd6#
2.Nxd3#
1...Qc4 2.Qd6#
1...Qa4
2.Qd6#
2.Nd3#
1...Qxf6 2.Nd3#
1...Qe6 2.Nd3#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1339
(Pavel P. Kondrat'ev - Вечерний Магадан, 1995)
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1.Nd2! zz
1...Kd3/Ke3/c5 2.Qxe4#
1...Kc5 2.Qe5#
1...e3 2.Qd6#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1340
(Werner Speckmann - Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1975)
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1.Qch6! ~
2.Qg7#
2.Qc6#
2.Qh7#
1...Kd7 2.Qd6#
1...Kb7 2.Qb6#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1341
(R. Hallen - Orillia Packet, 1897)
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1. Qe4! [2. Nd5, Na4, Qc4#]
1. ... Rd7 2. Na4, Qc4#
1. ... Rxc7, Be2 2. Nd5/a4#
1. ... Be8 2. Nd5, Qc4#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1342
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Il Due Mosse, 1952)
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1.Nc5! (2.Nd5#)
1...Ng3 2.Qa6#
1...Ng7/Nh6/Nfe3/Nxe7/Nd6/Nge3 2.Bxh4#
1...Nxd4 2.Bxd4#
1...Nf4 2.Nxe4#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1343
(Cornelis Groeneveld - Chess Life & Review, 1988)
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1.Nxd6+!
1...Kd3 2.Nxf7#
1...Kd5 2.Nxc4#
1...Qe4 2.Nb5#
Date added: 10/9/2021
1344
(William C. Cotton - The Westminster Papers, Aug 1874 )
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1.Bd5! ~
2.Rh6#
2.Rg6#
2.Rf6#
2.Re6#
2.Rd6#
1...Bb6 2.Rxb6#
1...Bd7 2.Rb8#
Date added: 11/9/2021