White to play and checkmate in two moves
1741
(Dominique Leroy - Het Belgisch Schaakbord (L'Echiquier Belge), 2006)
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1. dxe3! [2. Qc2#]
1. ... Ncb4/d4 2. N(x)d4#
1. ... Bd3/b3 2. Q(x)d3#
1. ... Nab4 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Re1 2. Rxe1#
1. ... Rxd1 2. Qxd1#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1742
(Francisco Novejarque Iranzo - Revista del Club Argentino de Ajedrez, 1920)
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1. Rd1! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... b6, Rd6/a5, Bc6 2. B(x)d6#
1. ... b5, Bb3/xd1 2. Nd7#
1. ... Nf4 2. Nc4#
1. ... Bxe3+ 2. Qxe3#
1. ... Nxc3 2. Bxc3#
1. ... Nd2 2. Ng4#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1743
(James P. Barnett - American Chess-Nuts, 1868)
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1. Qb1! waiting
1. ... c5 2. Qb7#
1. ... Kc5 2. Nb6/xe3#
1. ... Ke4 2. Rd2#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1744
(Walter Supp - Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung, 18 Mar 1995)
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1. Qf4! [2. Qxe4#]
1. ... Rd6 2. Ne5#
1. ... Rxf4 2. Ne3#
1. ... Kd5 2. Nb6#
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1745
(Fritz Hoffmann)
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1. Ba6! [2. Bc8#]
1. ... Nd6 2. Rde5#
1. ... Nf6 2. Rfe5#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1746
(Percy Francis Blake - Hampstead and Highgate Express, 1904)
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1. Rff4! waiting
1. ... Bf7 2. Qe2#
1. ... Nd8/d6+/a5/c5 2. R(x)d6#
1. ... Na8/e8/a6/b5 2. Q(x)e8#
1. ... Nd5 2. Rde4#
1. ... h6 2. Qg6#
1. ... gxf4 2. Nxf4#
1. ... g4 2. Rfe4#
1. ... Bg3/f2/e1 2. Nxg5#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1747
(Edv. Rennemo - Norsk Schakblad, May 1925)
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1. Re5! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... Nc7/f6 2. B(x)c7#
1. ... Qf7 2. Nxf7#
1. ... Qxg8 2. Be7#
1. ... Qxe5 2. dxe5#
1. ... Rxd4/xf5 2. Ne4#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1748
(Marcel Segers - Rochade Europa, 1993)
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1. Qb5! [2.Nb4#]
1. ... Qf7+ 2. gxf7#
1. ... Qxf3 2. g7#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1749
(Eugene Ferber - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Oct 1902 )
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1. Nf1! waiting
1. ... f5, Kd4/d3/d5 2. Qc4#
1. ... Kf5 2. Ng3#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1750
(Alain J. Godbout - SHah-VV (Borovichi) , 1994)
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1. Qa7! [2. Qc5#]
1. ... f5 2. Qg7#
1. ... Kf5 2. Qc5#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1751
(Aleksandr Grigor'evich Andreev - Кубань сегодня, 2001)
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1. e8=Q! [2. Qxa4#]
1. ... Nb6 2. Nc7#
1. ... Nc5/c3/b2 2. Qc6#
1. ... Bb5 2. Qc8#
Date added: 19/2/2022
1752
(Georges Legentil - Georges Legentil (1885-1949) Problèmes d'Échecs, 1951)
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1. Rf6! waiting
1. ... gxf6 2. g7#
Date added: 19/2/2022