White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1753 to 1764

1753

(J. Praagman - Probleemblad, 1968)

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1. Nxb4! [2. Nxc6#]
1. ... Nxb4+ 2. Raxb4#
1. ... Rxe4 2. c3#
1. ... Nxe4 2. Rd3#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qxg4#
1. ... Bxe4 2. Be3#

Date added: 19/2/2022

1754

(Esteban Puig y Puig - Skakbladet, Nov 1906)

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1. Ra4! [2. Qb4, Qa5#]
1. ... Kb6 2. Qa5#
1. ... Kc5 2. Qb4#
1. ... Kxa4 2. Bc6#

Date added: 19/2/2022

1755

(Brian Harley - The Observer, 7 Sep 1947)

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1. Ng3! [2. Nf5#]

1. ... Kxg3 2. Kh5#

1. ... Bxg3 2. Rh8#

1. ... Nxg3 2. Rf4#



Date added: 20/2/2022

1756

(Vladimir Sitschew - Tungsram, 1980)

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1. Qxf6! waiting
1. ... Nf7 2. Qxg6#
1. ... Bh6/f8 2. Qe5#
1. ... Bxf6 2. Nxf6#
1. ... gxh5 2. Qf5#
1. ... cxb4 2. Rd4#
1. ... cxb3/c3 2. exd3#
1. ... dxe2 2. Re3#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1757

(Aleksandr G. Oreschin - Schachmaty w SSSR, Oct 1936)

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1. Rg3! [2. Qe3#]
1. ... d4, Kf4 2. Qf3#
1. ... f4 2. Qd3#
1. ... Kd4 2. Qb4#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1758

(Valerij Volodimirovich Kopil & Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko - Die Schwalbe, 2005)

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1. Qh1! waiting
1. ... dxc5 2. Na5#
1. ... d5 2. Qc1#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1759

(Michael McDowell - The Problemist, Jan 2012)

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1. Bc6! waiting
1. ... Nc8/e8/b7/f7/b5/f5/xc4 2. d6#
1. ... cxd4 2. Nc5#
1. ... gxf4 2. Ng5#
1. ... dxe2 2. d3#
1. ... fxe2 2. f3#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1760

(Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping - The Chess Amateur, 1925)

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1. Kxg7! waiting
1. ... d4 2. Rc4#
1. ... b2 2. Ra3#
1. ... Bb2 2. Nxb2#
1. ... Bxc3+ 2. Nxc3#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1761

(Edvard Johannes Gabriel af Hallstrom - Nya Pressen, 1903)

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1. Ke4! waiting
1. ... d6/d5+ 2. cxd6#
1. ... Ke6 2. Qe8#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1762

(Michail Aleksandrovich Pawlow - Mat, Apr 1986)

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1. Nc7! waiting
1. ... Rxd6 2. Rxc5#
1. ... b3 2. Ra4#
1. ... d3 2. Bxd5#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1763

(Nikolaj CHistyakov - Кудесник, 2006)

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1. Kg3! waiting
1. ... Ne8/g8/d7/h7 2. Rh5, e5#
1. ... Nd5/h5+ 2. R(x)h5#
1. ... Nxe4+ 2. Bxe4#
1. ... Ng4 2. e5#

Date added: 20/2/2022

1764

(Eduard Nikolaevich Nagovicyn - Шахматная композиция, 2013)

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1. Nbd5! [2. Qf4, Qe3#]
1. ... Kd4 2. Qe3#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qf4#

Date added: 20/2/2022