White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1549 to 1560

1549

(Victor Holst - Skakbladet, 1920)

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1. Qh1! waiting
1. ... Kf4/xd6 2. Qh2#
1. ... Kd4 2. Qa1#
1. ... Kxf6 2. Qh8#

Date added: 16/10/2021

1550

(‪Manfred Ernst - Problem-Forum, 2016)

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1. Bc6! [2. Qd5, Qe6#]
1. ... Bxc6 2. Qe6#
1. ... Rxc6 2. Qd5#
1. ... Re3 2. Qd4#
1. ... Be3 2. Qe4#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1551

(Peter Vogel, 1998)

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1. Ba5! ad lib 2. Bc3#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1552

(Evgeny Ashdod Bourd - Rochade Europa, 2004)

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1. Nbc3! waiting
1. ... Nd8/h8/h6/e5/xg5 2. Nd5#
1. ... Nxd6+ 2. Qxd6#
1. ... f2 2. Ne2#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1553

(Ole Balslev - Ole Balslev, 1968)

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1. Qd4! [2. Qc4, Qa4, Qxb6#]
1. ... Rxa6 2. Qc4#
1. ... Rxb7 2. Qc4/a4#
1. ... Rxc6, Bc5 2. Qa4#
1. ... Kxa6 2. Qxb6#
1. ... Kxc6 2. Qd7#
1. ... Bb4, Nc3 2. Qc4/xb6#
1. ... Nd2 2. Qa4/xb6#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1554

(John Lindsay Beale -

Check!

, 1944)

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1. Qf8+!
1. ... Nf5 2. Ng6#
1. ... Bf6 2. Bd6#
1. ... Bf5 2. Ng6/g2#

1. Rc5! [2. Qxe5#]
1. ... Bd6 2. Qxd6, Bxg5/xd6#
1. ... Bc7 2. Qxc7, Bxg5#
1. ... Bxb8 2. Bxg5#
1. ... Bg2+ 2. Nxg2#

1. Bc5! [2. Be3#]
1. ... Nf5, Bf3/h1/d5/c6/b7/a8 2. Ng6#
1. ... Bd4/c3/b2/a1/f6 2. Rf7#
1. ... Bd6 2. Bxd6#
1. ... Bxc7 2. Qxc7#
1. ... Bg2+/d3/c2/b1/f5/h7 2. N(x)g2#
1. ... Bg6 2. Nxg6/g2#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1555

(Peter Vogel, 1998)

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1. Qxc2! [2. Qc8#]
1. ... Rg6 2. Rh7#
1. ... Rxf6 2. Qh7#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1556

(Zdeněk Mašek - Thema Danicum, 1984)

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Date added: 17/10/2021

1557

(Lars Aksglde Larsen - Fyens Stiftstidende, 1943)

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1. Nxc5! waiting
1. ... f3 2. Qxe3#
1. ... Rd3/xc3/f3/g3/h3 2. Qxe1#
1. ... Rxe4 2. N5xe4#
1. ... Re2 2. Qd4#
1. ... Kxc3 2. Bb4#
1. ... Bf2/g3/h4 2. Qc1#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1558

(Semen Lekomtsev - Anatoly Karamanits-60 JT, 2015)

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1. Nf2! waiting
1. ... Ke5 2. Qf6#
1. ... Kc5 2. Ne4#

Date added: 17/10/2021

1559

(Michael Schneider - Deutsche Schachblätter, 1980)

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1. Ne2! [2. Ne7#]
1. ... Bc4 2. Qxc4#
1. ... Qf6/xe6 2. Nf4#
1. ... Qg5 2. Rd6#
1. ... Bxc5 2. Nc3#

Date added: 17/102021

1560

(Allan Theodor Werle - Tidskrift för Schack, 1941)

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1. Nf4! [2. Bd5#]
1. ... Kxf4/e4 2. Bd5#
1. ... gxf4, Rxf4 2. Qd5#
1. ... Bxf4 2. Qd3#
1. ... Nxf4 2. Nd6#

Date added: 17/10/2021