White to play and checkmate in two moves
1513
(Aleksej Igorevich Popov - Шахматная композиция 3rd Comm., 2018)
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1.Rd1!
1...Rd4 2.Qxd4#
1...Rc4 2.Qd3#
1...Rb4 2.Nxd6#
1...Rd5 2.Qxd5#
1...Bxe2 2.Qxe2#
1...f3 2.Qe3#
1...g4 2.Qxf4#
1...d5 2.Rxe5#
1...h5 2.Sxg5#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1514
(Fritz Karge - Schach-Echo, 1941)
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1.Bh2! (2.e4#)
1...Nbxd5 2.Rf6#
1...Rxd5 2.Qf8#
1...Ncxd5 2.Qf4#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1515
(Imants J. Kisis - Латвийский конкурс, ТТ 1st Prize Šahs/Шахматы (Rīga), 1971)
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1.Rd3! ~ 2.Bd6#
1...Ne4 2.Nxf3#
1...Nc4 2.Nxf3#
1...Bd5 2.Ng4#
1...Qc8 2.Qxa1#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1516
(Anton Kotzig - Hrvatski narod, 1942)
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1.Qh7! ~ 2.Qf5#
1...Ke6 2.Qxe7#
1...Kg5 2.Qh6#
1...e6 2.Be7#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1517
(Christopher Jeremy Morse - The Problemist Supplement, May 1995 )
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1.Bh7! (2.g8N#)
1...Nxh4 2.g8Q#/g8R#
1...Nxh8 2.gxh8Q#/gxh8B#
1...Ne7 2.gxf8N#
1...fxe6 2.gxf8Q#/gxf8R#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1518
(Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pankrat'ev - Вечерний Ленинград 4th Prize, 1987-1988, 1988)
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1. Rxd4! [2. Re4#]
1... Kxd4 2. Qa1#
1... Bxd2 2. Nxd3#
1... Bxf4 2. Nc4#
1... Bxd4 2. Bxd4#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1519
(Andrej YAkovlevich Lobusov - ЮК В.Чепижный-50 Comm. Šahs/Шахматы (Rīga), 1985)
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1.Nf3! ~ 2.Nf4#
1...Rf3 2.Qc4#
1...Rg4 2.Qf7#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1520
(Werner Speckmann - Schach (magazine), 1964)
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1.Qa3! zz
1...Kd4 2.Qb4#
1...Kf3 2.Nf2#
1...d4 2.Bb7#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1521
(Ralf Chris Handloser - Schweizerische Schachzeitung, 2001)
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1.f3! (2.Qd4#)
1...Ne6 2.Bd6#
1...Be4 2.f4#
1...Nf2 2.Qg3#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1522
(Pascal di Scala - Thèmes-64, 1962)
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1.Qa8! (2.Rd3#)
1...d5/Qe4 2.Qxa7#
1...Bf1 2.Nxf3#
1...Qxe3+ 2.fxe3#
1...Qxe6+ 2.Nxe6#
1...Qd5+ 2.Qxd5#
1...Qxb5 2.Nxb5#
1...Qxf5 2.Nxf5#
Date added: 15/10/2021
1523
(Nikolajus Zujevas - StrateGems, 2000)
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1.Nc6!
1...Kb5 2.Ne5#
1...Kd5 2.Qd3#
1...b5 2.Be6#
Date added: 16/10/2021
1524
(Noel Aubrey Bonavia Hunt - Chess, 1953)
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1.Rc4! (2.Rd4#)
1...Nxc4 2.Nxc4#
1...Ne7 2.Bc7#
1...Bxf7/Bc6+ 2.Rc6#
1...Bxb5 2.Nxb5#
1...Re6 2.Qxe6#
1...Rxg6 2.Qd5#
Date added: 16/10/2021