White to play and checkmate in two moves
1381
(Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozhakin - Schach (magazine), 2006)
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1.Qg4! zz
1...d5 2.Qd7#
1...Kb7 2.Qc8#
1...Bb7 2.Qc4#
1...Kd5 2.Qe4#
1...Kb5 2.Qa4#
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1382
(Michael McDowell - The Problemist, 1996)
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1.Ke2! (2.Qg4#/Qe3#/Qe5#)
1...Kd4 2.Qd3#
1...f6 2.Qg4#/Qe3#
1...f5 2.Qe3#/Qe5#
1...Ng2 2.Qe5#
1...Ng6 2.Qe3#
1...Nf3 2.Qg4#
1...Nf5 2.Qg4#/Qe5#
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1383
(Gustav Markus - Das interessante Blatt, 9 Apr 1914)
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Bd7! [2. Bxc6#]
1. ... c3 2. Qxd3#
1. ... Kxf3 2. Qh1#
1. ... Kd5 2. Bf5#
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1384
(Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping - Chess, 1941)
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1.Rg7! (2.Rgxh7#/Rhxh7#)
1...Bd5/d5 2.Rhxh7#
1...h6 2.Rxh6#
1...h5 2.Rxh5#
1...Rb7+ 2.Rxb7#
1...Rxh2 2.Rg2#
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1385
(Miroslav Svitek - Šachová skladba, Oct 2007)
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1.Rc2! ~
2.Qxd6#
2.Nd4#
2.Ne5#
2.Bxe4#
1...Bxc2 2.Ne5#
1...Rd1 2.Ne5#
1...Rg2 2.Qxd6#
1...Rxh1 2.Qxd6#
1...g2 2.Qxd6#
1...Nc3 2.Ne5#
1...b5 2.Qxd6#
1...Qf4 2.Nd4#
1...Qxh1 2.Qxd6#
1...Qxf6 2.Bxe4#
1...bxa6 2.Bxe4#
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1386
(Alexander Pituk - Népszava Comm. Népszava, 30 Mar 1941)
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1.Ne5! ~ 2.Nxc4#
1...Nb6 2.Rxc6#
1...Ne3 2.Nxe4#
1...Na3 (Nc~) 2.Rxd2#
1...Nxe5 2.fxe5#
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1387
(Aleksandar Popovici - Revista Română de Şah, 1929)
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1. Qxe7! waiting
1. ... Qb7 2. Bxb7#
1. ... Qc6 2. Nf6#
1. ... Ne8/xa6/b5 2. Qxe6#
1. ... Nd8/f8/g7/c5/g5/d4/f4 2. Nb4#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Nc5#
1. ... Kc6 2. Qd6#
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1388
(Waldemar Tura - Suomen Shakkilehti, 1962)
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1.Qf2! ~ 2.Nd2#
1...Kxb3 2.Qa2#
1...axb3 2.Qc5#
1...Nf3 2.Qc2#
1...d4 2.Qf7#
1...Bc1 2.Rxb4#
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1389
(Donald Glenoe McIntyre - South African Chess Magazine, 1947)
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1.Nf6! (2.Nde4#/Nde8#/Nf5#/Nc8#/Nb5#/Nb7#)
1...Kxd2+/Qf5 2.Nf5#
1...Kd4+/Qe4 2.Nde4#
1...Bb5 2.Nxb5#
1...Bxc4 2.Nxc4#
1...Bb7 2.Nxb7#
1...Bc8 2.Nxc8#
1...Qxh8/Qg8 2.Nde8#
1...Qxf7 2.Nxf7#
Date added: 14/9/2021
1390
(Comins Mansfield - Chess in Australia 1st Comm., (Highly), 1979-1980, Apr 1979)
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1.d6! ~ 2.Qc4#
1...Ke4 2.Nxd2#
1...Bc3+ 2.Nc5#
1...Bd4+ 2.Nc5#
1...Bf6+ 2.Qf5#
1...Bxd6+ 2.Qd5#
1...Rf5+ 2.Qxf5#
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1391
(Zoran S. Gavrilovski - Diagrammes, 1994)
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1. Nxd7! [2. Qf3#]
1. ... Nf6 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Qxd7/e5/f4 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Qd6+ 2. Rxd6#
1. ... Bg6/h5 2. Qxe6#
1. ... e5 2. Qd3#
1. ... Kxc6 2. Qxc5#
compare to #1392
Date added: 14/9/2021
1392
(Zoran S. Gavrilovski - Diagrammes, 1994)
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1.Ng6! ~ 2.Qd3#
1...e5 2.Qf3#
1...c4 2.Nd4#
1...Qf4 2.Qxf4# Z
1...Qe5 2.Qxe5#
1...Qd6+ 2.Nxd6#
1...Bxg6 2.Bxg6#
1...Nf6 2.Ne7#
compare to #1391
Date added: 14/9/2021