White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1405 to 1416

1405

(Pietro Pitton - Scacchi e Scienze Applicate)

Click to view solution

1. c5! waiting
1. ... axb3 2. Qxb3#
1. ... Kxc3 2. Qc4#
1. ... Kxa3 2. R5xa4#
1. ... Kxa5 2. R3xa4#

Date added: 14/9/2021

1406

(Piotr Stepanovich Mussuri - «64» 2nd HM, 1934)

Click to view solution

1.Qh2! ~ 2.Nh5#
1...Qd1+ 2.Ne2#
1...Qxe8 2.Nc6#
1...Qd7+ 2.Ne6#
1...Qb5 2.Nxb5#
1...Qxd4+ 2.Bxd4#
1...Kxg7 2.Qh8#

Date added: 14/9/2021

1407

(Michael Barth & Dieter Muller - Thema Danicum, 1996)

Click to view solution

1.Bb3! (2.Qxe5#)
1...Ng6 2.Bg5#
1...Rxe7 2.Qxe7#

Date added: 14/9/2021

1408

(Malcolm Sim - Vancouver Province, 1954)

Click to view solution

1.Nd3! (2.Nf4#)
1...Kc4 2.Ndb4#/Qc6#
1...Nxe2 2.Qe4#
1...Ne6 2.Bf3#
1...Qxd3 2.Nc7#

Date added: 14/9/2021

1409

(Ivar Solheim - Skakbladet, Jun 1932)

Click to view solution

1. Bxd5! waiting
1. ... Rc8/b8/a8 2. Bf7#
1. ... Rd7, Bf7/g6/xh5 2. Qxc6#
1. ... Rd6 2. Qa7#
1. ... Rxd5+ 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Bd7 2. Be6#
1. ... Bf2 2. Rc1#

Date added: 14/9/2021

1410

(L. A. Kuijers - Haagsche Post 2nd Prize, 1917)

Click to view solution

1.Rf3! ~ 2.Qd3#
1...Qxf1+ 2.Rxf1#
1...Qxf3+ 2.Qe2#
1...Qxd2+ 2.Nxd2#
1...Qe2+ 2.Qxe2#
1...Kxf3 2.Qe2#
1...Nxf4 2.Rxf4#
1...Ba6 2.Qd5#
1...Rxd7 2.Ng5#
1...Nxd7 2.Qxb7#

Date added: 14/9/2021

1411

(Mikola Oleksijovich Parhomenko - Подільська зоря, 11 Sep 1996)

Click to view solution

1.Rb3! zz
1...c4 2.Rb4#
1...b5 2.Ra3#

Date added: 14/9/2021

1412

(Alfred Hufner - Die Schatulle, 1956)

Click to view solution

1.Rc8! (2.Qd1#)
1...Rxd2 2.Rxe8#

Date added: 15/9/2021

1413

(Jan Hartong - Western Morning News and Mercury Prize, 1928)

Click to view solution

1.Qe6!
1...Qxg2 2.Qe1#
1...Qf2+ 2.Kg4#
1...Nb3 (Nc~ ) 2.Nxb3#
1...Nb1 (Na~ ) 2.Nc4#
1...h3 2.Kg3#
1...Bf5 (B~ ) 2.Kxf5#
1...Be4 2.Ke5#

Date added: 19/9/2021

1414

(Janos Kiss - Probleemblad 2nd Prize, 1952)

Click to view solution

1.Nxd6+!
1...Kg8+ 2.Nf4#
1...Ke6+ 2.Nf6#

Date added: 19/9/2021

1415

(Efrén Petite- Variantim)

Click to view solution

1. Nxc4! [2. Qe3#]
1. ... Kf3 2. Bd5#
1. ... Kd3 2. Qxh7#
1. ... Nf5/f1 2. Nc5#

Date added: 19/9/2021

1416

(YUrij Mihajlovich Berezhnoj - Schach, 1977)

Click to view solution

1.Bxd7! ~ 2.Qc6#
1...Qxg6 2.Nxg6#
1...Qxd7+ 2.Qxd7#
1...Nc7 2.Bc6#
1...Ne7 2.Be6#

Date added: 19/9/2021