White to play and checkmate in two moves
1525
(Hans Hilmar Staudte - Die Schwalbe, Dec 1963)
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1.f8=Q! Kh7 2.Ne5#
compare to #1526 and 1527 and 1528
Date added: 16/10/2021
1526
(Hans Hilmar Staudte - Die Schwalbe, Dec 1963)
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1.f8=B! Kf6 2.Qg7#
compare to #1525 and 1527 and 1528
Date added: 16/10/2021
1527
(Hans Hilmar Staudte - Die Schwalbe, Dec 1963)
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1.f8=N+! Kf6 2.Bc3#
compare to #1525 and 1526 and 1528
Date added: 16/10/2021
1528
(Hans Hilmar Staudte - Die Schwalbe, Dec 1963)
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1.f8=R! Kh6 2.Rf6#
compare to #1525 and 1526 and 1527
Date added: 16/10/2021
1529
(Arnoldo Ellerman - The Midweek Sports Referee 4th HM, 1925)
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1. Bb7! [2. Rc8#]
1. ... Bxe6 2. e8=N#
1. ... Be5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Bf4 2. Nd3#
1. ... Bg3 2. Ne4#
1. ... Bxc5+ 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Bxe7 2. Qxe7#
Date added: 16/10/2021
1530
(Jan Janocko - Šachové umění, 1991)
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1.Qg5!
1...b4 2.Qxc5#
1...bxa4 2.Qxc5#
1...c4 2.Qxb5#
Date added: 16/10/2021
1531
(Paul Vatarescu & Ion Murarasu - The Problemist, 2005)
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1.Ka1! (2.Rb4#)
1...Ne3 2.dxe3#
1...Nxd2 2.Bxd2#
1...e5 2.Rxf5#
1...Rd7 2.Nxe6#
Date added: 2/9/2021
1532
(Sergij Oleksandrovich SHedej - «64» Shahmatnoe obozrenie, 1977)
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1. Qg8! waiting
1... N6~ 2. Nf5#
1... N2~ 2. Nhf3#
1... cxb5 2. Qd5#
1... c3 2. bxc3#
1... e2 2. Bf2#
Date added: 16/10/2021
1533
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Schakend Nederland, 1969)
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1.Qb2! (2.Qe5#)
1...Bf4/f4 2.Nbc4#
1...Rg4 2.Bf2#
1...Rd5 2.Nxd5#
1...Rd4 2.Qxd4#
1...Rxb6 2.Qxb6#
1...Re6 2.Qd4#/Nd5#
1...Re2/Rxd2 2.Rh3#
Date added: 16/10/2021
1534
(Pavel Aleksandrovich Murashiov - M.Garcia - 65JT 1st Prize, 2013)
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1. Qc3! [2. Rxe5#]
1... Ne~ 2. Qxc4#
1... Bd3 2. Nxe5#
1... Nxc5 2. Rd4#
1... Qxb1 2. Qxe5#
1... Qxc3 2. Nxc3#
Date added: 16/10/2021
1535
(C. Klobasa - Die Schwalbe, Dec 1940)
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1.f8=Q!
1...Kxc4 2.Qf7#
1...Ke4 2.Qf3#
1...Ke6 2.Qf7#
1...Kc6 2.Qd6#
Date added: 16/10/2021
1536
(Ottavio Stocchi - 64 — Шахматы и шашки в рабочем клубе, 1931)
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1.Kd7! ~
2.Nd3#
2.Nb7#
1...Rxa4 2.Nxa4#
1...Nd3 2.Rd4#
1...Nxc6 2.Nxe4#
1...Nxa6 2.Nxa6#
1...e3 2.Qh5#
1...dxc5 2.Rxc5#
1...Nxe6 2.Nxe6#
Date added: 2/9/2021