White to play and checkmate in two moves
1369
(Herbert Hermann Birkle - Augsburger Allgemeine, 2011)
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1. Rh5! [2. Nd5#]
1. ... e6 2. Bd8#
1. ... Be4, Rd1/e5 2. B(x)e5#
1. ... Re4 2. Rf5#
Date added: 12/9/2021
1370
(Mihail I. Stan - Revista Romana de Sah, 1937)
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1. Bg2! [2. Rxd5#]
1. ... Bc5, Rxd3 2. Nc6#
1. ... Rc5 2. d4#
1. ... Bf3 2. Bxf4#
1. ... Rf3 2. f6#
Date added: 12/9/2021
1371
(Eric Manfred Hassberg - Sjakk-Nytt, 1947)
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1. Qe5+!
1. ... Rxe5, Nxe5 2. Nd6#
1. ... Bxe5 2. d6#
1. Qxg3! [2. Nd6#]
1. ... Rf6 2. d6#
1. Be5! [2. Nxc3 , Nxg3#]
1. ... Rxe5, Nxe5 2. Nd6#
1. ... Rxb3/d3 2. Nxg3#
1. ... Re3/xc2 2. Rxe3, Nxg3#
1. ... Ng5/d4/h4/xd2/h2/e1/g1, Bh2/xf2/f4/h4 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Bxe5 2. d6#
1. Rxc3! [2. Re3#]
1. ... cxd4 2. Nxg3#
1. ... Bxf2 2. Nd6 #
1. ... Bf4 2. gxf3 #
1. Nxg3+!
1. ... Kxd4 2. dxc3#
Date added: 2/9/2021
1372
(Vyacheslav Karlovich Pil'chenko - Valerij Mihajlovich SHavyrin - ЮК Ош-3000(В) 2nd HM Шахматная поэзия, 2000)
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1. Nc7! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... Kc4 2. Qxb4#
1. ... Qc4 2. Rf4#
1. ... Qe4 2. Ne6#
Date added: 12/9/2021
1373
(Ervin Goldschmiedt - Memosz Sakkör 1st Prize, 1929)
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1.Rg5! ~ 2.Ne3#
1...Nb6 2.c6#
1...Nxc5 2.Rxc5#
1...Nxe5 2.Rxe5#
1...Nf6 2.e6#
Date added: 13/9/2021
1374
(Barry Jack da Costa Andrade - Parallèle 50, 8 Oct 1948)
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1.Rd5! ~ 2.Nd6#
1...d6 2.Rc7#
1...dxc6 2.Rxd8#
1...Bxe7+ 2.Nxe7#
Date added: 13/9/2021
1375
(Jozef Majercak - Pravda (Bratislava), 18 Aug 1972)
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1.c5! ~ 2.Qd6#
1...Bxd1 2.Nb5#
1...Ne4 2.Bd8#
1...d5 2.cxd5 ep.#
1...Qd4 2.Rc8#
1...Qe5 2.Rc8#
Date added: 13/9/2021
1376
(Rudolf L'hermet - Oesterreichische Lesehalle, Aug 1881 )
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1.Qe5! ~
2.Qh8#
2.Qb8#
1...Nxe5 2.Rc8#
1...Nd6 2.Qh8#
1...Nb6 2.Qh8#
1...Nh6 2.Qb8#
1...Nf6 2.Qb8#
1...Nxe5 2.Rg8#
1...Kd8 2.Qb8#
1...Kf8 2.Qh8#
Date added: 13/9/2021
1377
(Andreas Witt - Badische Neueste Nachrichten, 1995)
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1. Qa8! [2. Bb5, Bc6, Bd7, Be8#]
1. ... dxc2/d2, Rg5 2. Bb5#
1. ... Rxc2+, Bg2, Rg6 2. Bc6#
1. ... Bh3+, Rg7 2. Bd7#
1. ... Rg8+ 2. Be8#
Date added: 13/9/2021
1378
(Karl Adolf Koefoed Larsen - L'Échiquier Marseillais, 1925)
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1.Na1! zz
1...d3 2.Ra4#
Date added: 13/9/2021
1379
(T. E. W. Widdows - Chess, 1945)
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1.Rac5! (2.a3#/Qb8#)
1...a3 2.R3c4#
1...Nd5/Nc6/Nc8 2.a3#
Date added: 13/9/2021
1380
(Ernst Bachl - Rochade, 1978)
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1. Qxf7! [2. Qc4#]
1. ... d6 2. Nc7#
1. ... d5 2. Qd7#
1. ... Be2 2. Qxd7/d5#
1. ... Bd5 2. Qxd5#
Date added: 13/9/2021