White to play and checkmate in two moves
1429
(Arthur Ford Mackenzie - Chess Lyrics, 1905)
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1.Rf4! ~ 2.Ne8#
1...Bxf4 2.Qc3#
1...Kf6 2.Ne4#
1...Kxf4 2.Qg3#
Date added: 7/10//2021
1430
(Valentin Volodimirovich Luk'yanov - Уральский проблемист, 2002)
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1.Nb5! (2.Qd3#)
1...Rc3 2.Nd2#
1...Rd5 2.Qe3#
1...Rf5 2.Qc4#
1...Nf3+/Nf5 2.Qxf3#
1...Qxb5/Qxh8 2.Re3#
1...Qd6 2.Nxd6#
1...Qxg3+ 2.Nxg3#
1...Bc3 2.Bxc2#
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1431
(Anatolij YAkovlevich Agarkov - Hlas ľudu, 23 Jul 1981)
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1. Qd2! waiting
1. ... c4 2. Qb4#
1. ... e4 2. Bg3#
1. ... Nxd5 2. Qxd5#
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1432
(Antti Gottfried Ojanen - Revista Română de Şah 1st Prize, Oct 1981)
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1.Bg7!
1...Ba3 (Bc~) 2.Qxe3#
1...Bxd4 2.Nxg3#
1...Re8 (Re~) 2.Nxg3#
1...Rxf5 2.Bf3#
1...Be6 (Bf~) 2.Bf3#
1...Bxd5 2.Qxe3#
1...Rxd5 2.Qxe3#
1...e2 2.Qf3#
1...gxf4 2.Nf6#
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1433
(Donald Lebeck - Mate in Two, 1992)
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1.Qe8! (2.Qe1#/Qb5#)
1...Nb3/a3 2.Qb5#
1...Nc6 2.Qe1#
1...cxd4 2.Qe7#/Qf8#
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1434
(Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping & Edward Davis - Chess, 1938)
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1.Rdf1! (2.Nxe4#)
1...Qc5/Qc7/Qc8/Nf6/Nxg3/Ng5 2.Rf6#
1...Qxe2+ 2.Nxe2#
1...Nf2 2.Qa6#
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1435
(Walter Usath - Schach (magazine), 1962)
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1.Nf4! zz
1...Kxf4 2.Qxf2#
1...gxf4 2.g5#
1...Re2/Re1 2.Qg2#
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1436
(Andre Biollay - Feuille d'Avis du Valais, 1973)
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1.Nh6! zz
1...Kh4 2.Be7#
1...Kxh6 2.g8Q#
1...Kxf4 2.Qe3#
1...Kf6 2.Qe7#
Date added: 8/10/2021
1437
(Tivadar Kardos - Минимат, 1970)
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1. Qg5! [2. Qa5#]
1. ... Ka3/a1 2. Qa5#
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1438
(Robert A. Lincoln - Pat a Mat, Mar 2018)
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1. Qb5! waiting
1. ... Kd1 2. Qb3/b1/d3/a4#
1. Qa4+!
1. ... Kb1 2. Qb3#
1. Qb4! waiting
1. ... Kd1 2. Qa4/b3/b1#
1. Qb6! waiting
1. ... Kd1 2. Qb3/b1#
Date added: 10/10/2021
1439
(Anders Emil Wester - Práca, 1958)
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1.Ng3! (2.Qxf4#)
1...Kf6 2.Qxg7#/Qe6#
1...Rf6 2.Qe2#
1...Ng6 2.Qe6#
1...Nxd5 2.Re4#
1...g5/Rf5 2.Qf5#
1...Rxh4 2.Qg5#/Qf5#
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1440
(Miroslav Henrych - Freie Presse, 1985)
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1.Ba8! zz
1...Nd4 2.Re3#
1...f4 2.Re1#
1...Rxh4/Rxh6/Rg5 2.Ng5#
1...Nc3/Nc7/Na7 2.Rxb4#
1...Nxd6 2.Nxd6#
Date added: 10/10/2021