White to play and checkmate in two moves
1717
(Chithathur Gopalan Sathya Narayanan - The Hindu, 1993)
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1. Nxd7+!
1. ... Kxf5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Kd4 2. Qxf4#
compare to #1715 and 1716
Date added: 18/1/2022
1718
(C. Winter - Troll, 12 Feb 2014)
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1. Ba3! [2. Rb4#]
1. ... Qc5 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Qxb5 2. Rd4#
1. ... Qxd3+ 2. exd3#
1. ... Bxb3+ 2. axb3#
1. ... Bxb5 2. Sa5#
Date added: 18/1/2022
1719
(Miroslav Brada - Práca 1st Prize, 22 Apr 1995)
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1. Bc6! [2. Nb5#]
1. ... Qb8/xc6 2. Ne6#
1. ... Qxe5 2. Rd3#
1. ... Rf4+ 2. Qxf4#
1. ... Nc3 2. Re4#
1. ... Rxe3 2. Qxe3#
Date added: 18/1/2022
1720
(Josef Mikulcak - Die Schwalbe, 1938)
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1. h4! [2. Qg5#]
1. ... Ne5, Rc4/xb4 2. Nd5#
1. ... Bf5 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Re4 2. Nd3#
1. ... gxh3 e.p. 2. Rf3#
Date added: 18/1/2022
1721
(Emil Klemanič - Czechoslovakia-100 JT 4th HM, 2018)
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1. Bc5! [2. Be3#]
1. ... Qxe5 2. Nxe5#
1. ... Qxg4 2. Rxg4#
Date added: 19/1/2022
1722
(Stephen Rothwell - Badische Neueste Nachrichten, 22 Mar1997)
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1. Qh1! waiting
1. ... b6/b5 2. Nxc6#
1. ... c5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... f5 2. Qh8#
1. ... g5 2. Nef5#
1. ... dxc4 2. Qe4#
1. ... fxg3/f3 2. Qh4#
1. ... c2 2. Qa1#
1. ... d1=Q/R/B/N 2. Qxd1#
Date added: 19/11/2022
1723
(T.C. Evans - Revista Romana de Sah, 1930)
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1. Ba1! waiting
1. ... Nd6 2. Nxc7#
1. ... Nf6 2. Nxg7#
1. ... f6/f5 2. Qg8#
1. ... Nf5/xh5 2. Q(x)f5#
1. ... Bd6 2. Nxd4#
1. ... Bf6 2. Nxf4#
1. ... d3 2. Rxe5#
Date added: 19/1/2022
1724
(Vladimir Stepanjan - Mat, 1977)
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1. Re4! [2. Qe6#]
1. ... Nxe4 2. Qf7#
1. ... c4 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qf3#
1. ... Kc4 2. Nxe3#
1. ... Be5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Bxf6 2. Nxf6#
Date added: 19/1/2022
1725
(Edward John Winter-Wood - Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung 16, p. 163, 1904 )
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1. Rf6! waiting
1. ... Rc7/b7/a7/xe7/d6, exf4 2. R(x)d6#
1. ... Rd8 2. exd8=Q/R#
1. ... Rd5, cxb4, Re3/e2/e1 2. Nc6#
1. ... c4 2. Qxd7#
1. ... Kd5 2. Qd3#
1. ... Rxf4+ 2. Rxf4#
Date added: 19/1/2022
1726
(Lars Holger Persson - Skakbladet, 1936)
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1. Qa6! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... Rd4 2. Nc5#
1. ... Bd4 2. Rb6#
1. ... Kd4 2. Rxd2#
1. ... Nd4 2. Re3#
Date added: 19/1/2022
1727
(Peter Heyl - Rochade Europa, 2011)
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1. Nxa4! [2. Rd4#]
1. ... Ng5 2. Rxd6#
1. ... Rg5 2. Qxf7#
1. ... Nc6/b3 2. c4#
1. ... Nc4 2. Rb5#
1. ... Rf5 2. Bxe4#
1. ... Qd1/g5 2. Q(x)d1#
Date added: 19/1/2022
1728
(Aydan Hüseynzadə - Olimpiya dünyası 4th Comm., 2013)
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1. Be5! [2. Rh3#]
1. ... Rxg4 2. Rxc8#
1. ... Rc3 2. Bxf6#
Date added: 19/1/2022