White to play and checkmate in two moves
1657
(Dr. Meindert Niemeijer - Tijdschrift van den Nederlandschen Schaakbond 2nd Prize, Jan 1919
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1. Ka4! waiting
1. ... Re6/xc6/g6/f5 2. Q(x)f5#
1. ... Rd6 2. Qf5/xd6#
1. ... Rf7/f8 2. Qd6#
1. ... Bg5/g7/f8 2. Q(x)g5#
1. ... h4 2. Rg4#
1. ... Rg3/h4/h2/h1 2. B(x)g3#
Date added: 21/12/2021
1658
(Israel Abraham Schiffmann - The Observer 1st Prize, Sep 1928)
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1. Ree8! [2. ge7#]
1. ... Kd3, Qd5 2. ge5#
1. ... Kd5 2. a5#
1. ... Rf3 2. f4#
1. ... Qxe6 2. b4#
Date added: 21/12/2021
1659
(Izabella Keller - Revista Romana de Sah, 1947)
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1. Qd3! [2. Qe4#]
1. ... Nd8/f8/c7/g7/g5/xd4/f4 2. Rxd6#
1. ... Nc5 2. Nc7#
1. ... Rb4/c5/c6/c7/c8/c3/c2/c1 2. N(x)b4#
1. ... Rxd4 2. Ba2#
1. ... Rf4 2. Nxe3#
1. ... Rf5/g3/h3 2. R(x)f5#
1. ... Rxf6 2. Nxf6#
Date added: 22/12/2021
1660
(Arthur Christopher Reeves - Die Schwalbe, 1963)
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1.Neg6! ~
2.Qd6#
2.Qd3#
1...Rxg6 2.Qd3#
1...Bxg6 2.Qd6#
1...Nc4
2.Qxc4#
2.Rxc4#
Date added: 23/12/2021
1661
(Peter Vogel, 1998)
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1. Bxd7+!
1. ... Bb5 2. Bxb5#
Date added: 28/12/2021
1662
(Hermann von Gottschall - 5th American Chess Congress 1st Prize, 1880)
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1. Qh2! waiting
1. ... Bf5/g4/h3/d5/c4/d7/c8, Kb4 2. Be1#
1. ... Kxb6 2. Nec4#
1. ... Nd5/f5/c4/g4/c2/g2/d1/f1 2. Nc6#
Date added: 31/12/2021
1663
(Elias Stein - Nouvel essai sur le jeu des échecs, 1789)
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1. Qb8+!
1. ... Rxb8 2. Νc7#
1. ... Νxb8 2. Rxa7#
Date added: 1/1/2022
1664
(Trevangadacharya Shastree - Essays on Chess, 1814)
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1. Qg4+!
1. ... Qxg4 2. fxg4#
Date added: 1/1/2022
1665
(Eusebio Dworzak von Walden - Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi, Quinto Concorso Internazionale di Problemi 1st Prize, Feb 1883)
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1. Ne5! waiting
1. ... exf5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... a4 2. Rxb4#
1. ... Rc5 2. Nf3#
1. ... Rxb5+ 2. Nxb5#
1. ... Rxd6+ 2. Rxd6#
1. ... Rxe5 2. Bxe5#
1. ... bxa3/b3, Ke4 2. c3#
Date added: 2/1/2022
1666
(J. A. Conroy - The Dublin Evening Mail and Warder 2nd Prize, 1887)
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1. Rc3! waiting
1. ... Bb4/b6/c7/d8 2. R(x)b4#
1. ... Bxc3 2. Qa7#
1. ... e4, Kxc3 2. Ne2#
1. ... Na3/d2 2. R(x)d2#
1. ... Nxc3 2. Qg1#
Date added: 2/1/2022
1667
(Elliot Franklin Eichholtz - American Chess Bulletin, 1917)
at age of 5 years
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1. Qh5! waiting
1. ... f3 2. Qh4#
1. ... Ke1, Be2 2. Q(x)e2#
1. ... Bf3 2. Qc5/h4, Rf1#
1. ... Bg4/xh5 2. Rf1#
Date added: 2/1/2022
1668
(Susan Polgar, 1974)
at age of 4 year
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1. Kd1! waiting
1. ... Kf1 2. Qe1#
Date added: 2/1/2022