White to play and checkmate in two moves
1681
(Feliciano Mendes de Moraes Filho - Surrey Weekly Press 1st Prize, 1923)
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1. f4! waiting
1. ... Nxc7+ 2. Rxc7#
1. ... Ng7/d6/f6 2. N(x)f6#
1. ... Ke4 2. Rf6#
1. ... c3 2. Rxc3#
1. ... Nc5 2. Rd6#
1. ... Nxe5/b4/xf4/c1/e1 2. e4#
1. ... Nf2 2. Ne3#
1. ... Bf2/e3/h2 2. Qh1#
Date added: 7/1/2022
1682
(Johan Axel Akerblom - Sveriges Schackförbund 1st Prize, 1924)
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1. Ra4! [2. b5#]
1. ... Na5 2. bxa5#
1. ... Nc5 2. bxc5#
1. ... e5, Kc4 2. Qd3#
1. ... d5 2. Qf4#
Date added: 7/1/2022
1683
(Herbert W. Grant - Australian Columns Tourney 1st Prize, Feb 1924)
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1. Qb7! waiting
1. ... c3 2. Nd3#
1. ... Nd5/f5/g4/c2/g2/f1 2. R(x)c2#
1. ... Nc3/b2/f2 2. Q(x)b2#
Date added: 7/1/2022
1684
(Arthur Ford Mackenzie - Columbia Chess Chronicle 1st Prize, ex aequo, 21 Mar 1888)
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1.Nc6!
1...Ng3 2.Rf6#
1...Nf2 2.Rc3#
1...Qf1 2.Rf6#
1...Qh3 2.Rc3#
1...Qxa2 2.Rf6#
1...Qb2 (Q~2) 2.Rf6#
1...Qxg8 2.Rc3#
1...Qg7 (Q~g) 2.Rc3#
1...Rf1 (Rf2) 2.Rc2#
1...Ra3 (R~3) 2.Rg6#
1...Rf8 (R~f) 2.Rc2#
1...e3 2.Rc2#
1...a4 2.Nb4#
1...Nc5 2.Rd4#
1...Nd6 2.Re5#
1...Bxe7 2.Nxe7#
Date added: 7/1/2022
1685
(Florentine manuscript, circa 1600)
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1.Qd5!
1...Kc7 2.d8=Q#
1...Ke7 2.d8=Q#
Date added: 9/1/2022
1686
(Florentine manuscript, circa 1600)
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1. Nb4! waiting
1. ... Ka5 2. Qc5#
Date added: 9/1/2022
1687
(Idon Bruno Hovedskou Andersen - Dagbladet, 1957)
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1.Nd7! ~ 2.Rh8#
1...Bf6 2.Nxf6#
1...Bf8 2.Nxf8#
Date added: 9/1/2022
1688
(Adolf Jay Fink - The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 17/1/1915)
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1. Re2! [2. Be6#]
1. ... Nf8/h8/e7/e5/f4 2. R(x)e5#
1. ... Qc5 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Kxc4+ 2. Rd2#
1. ... Bxc4 2. Qxf3#
1. ... fxe2 2. Qf7#
1. ... N2f4/e3 2. N(x)e3#
Date added: 10/1/2022
1689
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Die Schwalbe, 1933)
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1. Bc1! [2. Nb2#]
1. ... Qf6/g6/xb7, Nc4 2. Qb4#
1. ... Qxc5+ 2. Ndxc5#
1. ... Qe4 2. Qa7#
1. ... b4 2. Qxc6#
Date added: 10/1/2022
1690
(Comins Mansfield - American Chess Bulletin HM, 1953)
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1. Nc6! [2. Ng5#]
1. ... Rdxf7 2. Rd6#
1. ... Rdxd5 2. Re7#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Qa2#
1. ... Kxf7 2. g8=Q#
1. ... Rfxd5 2. Rf6#
1. ... Rfxf7 2. Re5#
Date added: 10/1/2022
1691
(Bengt Rudolf Giobel - Tidskrift för Schack, Oct 1927 )
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1. Ba3! [2. Qb4#]
1. ... Kxh4 2. Qb4#
Date added: 11/1/2022
1692
(Radoslav Meliš - Pravda (Bratislava) 4th Comm., 1987)
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1. Ra8! [2. Rxa7#]
1. ... a6 2. Rxa6#
1. ... a5 2. Rb4#
1. ... Ka5 2. Rxa7#
compare to #1693
Date added: 12/1/2022