White to play and checkmate in two moves
1465
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Sussex Chess Journal 2nd Prize, 1891)
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1.Re2!
1...Kd3 2.Nf2#
1...Kd5 2.e4#
1...Kf3 2.Nf6#
1...Na4 (Nc~) 2.Nf2#
1...Nxd7 2.Nf2#
1...Nb5 (Nd~) 2.Nd2#
Date added: 12/10/2021
1466
(Efren Petite - Scacco!, Feb 1997)
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1.Bxd3! (2.Rxc4#)
1...Bg2 2.Bc2#
1...Qg2/b2 2.Be2#
1...cxd3 2.Qxd3#
Date added: 12/10/2021
1467
(Erio Salardini - Probleemblad, 1955)
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1.Nd6! zz
1...Kd5/Kxd6 2.Qe6#
1...Nc5/Nxa5 2.Nf7#
1...Nxd6 2.Nf3#
1...Nd8 2.Nc4#
Date added: 12/10/2021
1468
(Johannes Jacob Rietveld - Hastings Victory Tourney 3rd Prize, 1919)
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1.Nc6! (2.Rd4#)
1...dxc6 2.Rd8#
1...d6 2.Nce7#
1...Rd3/Qf3 2.Qxd3#
1...Ne4/Qe4 2.Nf4#
1...Nf3 2.e4#
1...Nb3 2.Qc4#
1...Nb5/Nxc6/Nxc8 2.Qxb5#
1...Bb2 2.Nxb4#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1469
(Josef Burda - Šachová skladba, 2013)
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1.Rf4! ~ 2.Nf7#
1...Qe4+ 2.Rxe4#
1...Qf5+ 2.Rxf5#
1...Qd5 Q~ 2.Rd4#
1...Bxc4 2.Nb7#
1...Bxf6 2.Rxf6#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1470
(Leopold Mieczyslaw Szwedowski - The Problemist 5th HM, 2006)
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1.Nd1! (2.Qc4#)
1...Be2/Be4+ 2.Qe4#
1...Bxd5 2.Bc5#
1...cxd5 2.Bf6#
1...Nc3/Nd2/Na3 2.Qd2#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1471
(Julius Buchwald - The Problemist 2nd Prize, 1946)
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1.Bg5! ~ 2.Qc6#
1...Qe5 2.f3#
1...Qxf5 2.f3#
1...Be2 2.f6#
1...Bxf5 2.Re7#
1...Rxf5 2.Νf6#
1...Rf6 2.Νxf6#
1...Rc8 2.Νf6#
1...Qc7
2.f6#
2.f3#
1...Qd6
2.f6#
2.f3#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1472
(Jan Valuska - Ľud, 1967)
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1. Ra1+!
1. ... Nxa1 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Kd2 2. Nf3#
1. Ba3! waiting
1. ... Nb4/xa3 2. Nf3#
1. ... Ne3 /xe1 , Kd2 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Na1 2. Qxd4, Nf3#
1. Bc3! [2. Nxc2#]
1. ... Ne3 2. Ra1#
1. ... Nxe1 2. Rxe1#
1. ... Kc1 2. Nd3#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1473
(Aleksandr Grigor'evich Andreev - Вечерний Краснодар, 1996)
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1.Kf2! (2.Rf4#)
1...Bd5 2.Qf4#
1...e5 2.Qd3#
1.Qc5! (2.Re3#)
1...Bd5 2.Qe3#
1...e5 2.Qc4#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1474
(Jan Hartong - Die Schwalbe, Jun 1953)
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1.d4! ~ 2.Qe5#
1...Rxd4 2.Rxd4#
1...Bxd4 2.Rxd4#
1...Qxf5 2.Rd3#
1...Qe4 2.Qg5#
1...Qd3+ 2.Rxd3#
1...Rb5 2.Rf2#
1...Rg3 2.hxg3#
1...Re3 2.Qh4#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1475
(Viktor Sergeevich Lukashiov - Задачи и этюды, 2007)
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1. Qe2! [2. Qe4#]
1... exd4 2. f6#
1... cxd3 2. Rb5#
1... Ne3/g3/d2 2. N(x)e3#
Date added: 13/10/2021
1476
(Andrij Valerijovich Novikov - Šahs/Шахматы (Rīga) 5th Comm., 1980)
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1. Bf5! [2. Qg4#]
1. ... Rg7 2. Sb5#
1. ... Qg6 2. Sd5#
Date added: 13/10/2021