White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1417 to 1428

1417

(Eigil Palle Pedersen & Iver Pedersen - Adevĕrul Literar şi Artistic 2nd Prize, 1934)

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1.Rg6! ~ 2.Nc6#
1...Qxe3+ 2.Rxe3#
1...Qb2 2.Nc2#
1...Qxa1 2.Nd1#
1...Nf3+ 2.Nxf3#
1...Rc4 2.Qxe8#
1...Ke4 2.Re6#
1...Re6 2.Rxe6#
1...Rc8 2.Re6#

Date added: 19/9/2021

1418

(Arne Strande - Norsk Sjakkblad, 1925)

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1. Nd5! waiting
1. ... Nb6/d6/a5/e5/a3/e3/b2/d2 2. R(x)e3#
1. ... Kxd3 2. Bb1#
1. ... Nd4/f4/c3/g3/c1/g1 2. R(x)d4#

Date added: 19/9/2021

1419

(Eduard Nikolaevich Nagovicyn - Семь шахматных нот Special HM, Mar 2020 )

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1.Rb5!
1...Kc4 2.Qd5#
1...Kd4 2.Qd5#
1...Ke4 2.Qd5#
1...Kc2 2.Qe2#

Date added: 19/9/2021

1420

(Marco Guida - StrateGems 1st HM, 2014)

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1. Qf6! [2. Bxh6#]
1... Bxe3+ 2. Nd4#
1... Bxh4 2. Nd5#

Date added: 19/9/2021

1421

(Peter Vogel, ~2004)

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1. b8=Q! [2. Qb5, Qxc7, Nc6, Nb3#]
1. ... c6 2. Qd8/b6/c7, Nxc6/b3#
1. ... cxd4 2. Qb4#
1. ... dxc4 2. Qb5#

Date added: 20/9/2021

1422

(Arthur William Daniel - Evening News, 1933)

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1.Qd6! (2.Qxh6#)
1...Kg5 2.Nf3#
1...Kxe3 2.Ng4#
1...Rc3+ 2.N5c4#
1...Rxe3 2.Qf6#
1...Bxe5 2.Qxe5#

Date added: 7/10/2021

1423

(Geoffrey K. Hicks - McWilliam Ty. 1st Prize, 1965)

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1.Bf5! ~
2.Ne4#
2.Nxb5#
1...Kd4+ 2.Nce2#
1...Kf6+ 2.Ne4#
1...Kxd6+ 2.Ne6#
1...Bd5 2.Nxb5#

Date added: 7/10/2021

1424

(Waclaw Hebelt - Buletin Problemistic 1986-1987 1st Prize, 1987)

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1.Ng3! ~ 2.Qe2#
1...Qf3 2.Qd2#
1...Qf2 2.Qe4#
1...Qh5 (Qf1) 2.Nf1#

Date added: 7/10/2021

1425

(Bertram George Fegan - Australasian Chess Magazine, Jul 1920 )

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1. Rce4! [2. R4e6#]
1. ... Nc7 2. Rxc7#
1. ... Bb8 2. Nxb8#
1. ... Rc4 2. Rxc4#
1. ... Bxe4 2. Bxe4#

Date added: 7/10/2021

1426

(Arnoldo Ellerman - Eskilstuna-Kuriren, 1932)

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1. f6! waiting
1. ... Ng7/xf6/g3 2. exf4#
1. ... fxe3/f3 2. Qg5#
1. ... Bf1/d3/c4 2. Rxh5#
1. ... Bxb5+ 2. Rxb5#
1. ... Bf3 2. Nc3#
1. ... Bg4 2. Nd4#
1. ... Nc3/xe3/b2/f2 2. B(x)c3#

Date added: 7/10/2021

1427

(Piotr Moiseevich Berkovich - problem (Zagreb), 1960)

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1.Nd7! ~ 2.Nd6#
1...Nd4+ 2.Qxd4#
1...b3 2.Qc3#
1...Bf8 2.Nd2#
1...Nb5 2.Bb3#
1...Nc8 2.Qc7#
1...Rb6 2.Nxb6#
1...Rxe5 2.Nxe5#
1...Re6 2.Qxd5#
1...dxe4
2.Qc5#
2.Bb3#

Date added: 7/10/2021

1428

(Jozsef Szoghy - Šahs/Шахматы (Rīga), 1962 )

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1. g4! [2. Re6#]
1... Bc4 2. Nxc6#
1... fxg3 e.p. 2. f4#
1... hxg3 e.p. 2. Rh5#

Date added: 1/10/2021