White to play and checkmate in two moves
1765
(Fiodor Vasil'evich Davidenko - Šahs/Шахматы (Rīga), 1977)
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1. Be5! [2. b8=Q, b8=R, Rb1#]
1. ... Bxe5 2. Qb6#
1. ... Bd8 2. Qd6, Bc3, Rb1#
1. ... Rxe5 2. Qd2#
1. ... Rg8 2. Qd2, Rb1#
1. ... Rg3, Rh3, Bd3 2. b8=Q/R#
1. ... Bxd1 2. Rexc4, Rcxc4#
Date added: 20/2/2022
1766
(Zoltan Labai - L'Italia Scacchistica 5th HM, 2004)
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1. Rc3! [2. Re3#]
1. ... e6 2. Nf6#
1. ... exd4 2. Qe6#
1. ... Nxd5 2. Qxh7#
1. ... Nd3 2. cxd3#
1. ... Nxc2 2. Bxc2#
1. ... gxf3 2. Qxf3#
1. ... Nxc3 2. Nd2#
Date added: 20/2/2022
1767
(Frederik Willem Nanning - De Problemist, 1932)
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1. Qc7! [2. Qxe7#]
1. ... Nd7/c6 2. N(x)d7#
1. ... e6 2. Qg7#
1. ... Be6 2. Qc3#
1. ... Ne6 2. Nh7#
Date added: 21/2/2022
1768
(Janos Kiss - Banská Bystrica (BABY) 2nd Comm., 1960)
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1. Rxe5! [2. Rxd5#]
1. ... dxe5, Kxd3 2. dxc3#
1. ... Rxc5 2. Qf4#
1. ... Kxc5 2. Ne6, Rxd5#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Nc6#
1. ... Rxd3 2. Ne6#
Date added: 21/2/2022
1769
(Giwi Mosiaschwili - StrateGems Special HM, Oct 2001)
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1. Re5! [2. Nxc7#]
1. ... Nxd5 2. Qxb7#
1. ... cxd5/c5 2. Qd7#
1. ... Bxd5 2. Qf1#
Date added: 21/2/2022
1770
(Andreas Witt - Landeszeitung für die Lüneburger Heide, 1999)
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1. Nxe2! [2. Nd4#]
1. ... Ra4 2. Nd8#
1. ... Na4 2. Ne5#
1. ... Nc4 2. Rc5#
1. ... Nd3 2. Rb6#
Date added: 21/2/2022
1771
(Valerij Ivanovich Rezinkin - Знамя юности (Мінск), 1977)
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1. Qh1! waiting
1. ... Bc3+ 2. Bxc3#
1. ... Bd4 2. Bxd4#
1. ... Be5 2. Bxe5#
1. ... Bf6 2. Bxf6#
1. ... Bg7 2. Bxg7#
1. ... Bxh8 2. Qxh8#
Date added: 21/2/2022
1772
(Boshko Milosheski - Kotelec 1st HM, 1992)
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1. Nxd6! [2. Nc4#]
1. ... Qxd6 2. Nd3#
1. ... Rxh4 2. Nf7#
1. ... Kxd6 2. Qf4#
Date added: 21/2/2022
1773
(Michel Caillaud - Thèmes-64 1st HM, 1982)
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1. Qg4! waiting
1. ... Rd5/d6/d7/d8 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Nd6/f6/c5/xg5/g3/xd2 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Bxd2/b4/a5 2. Nxd4#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1774
(Philip Barron - Parallèle 50, 4 Feb 1949)
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1. Qh1! [2. Qc6#]
1. ... Nb7/d7/a6/xe6/a4/b3 2. Q(x)b7#
1. ... Ne4 2. Qh7#
1. ... Re4 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Be4, Nd4 2. Qh2#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1775
(Samuel Gold - British Chess Magazine, 1881)
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1. Qd2! [2. Qxf4#]
1. ... dxe5 2. Qd8#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qc3#
1. ... g5 2. Re6#
1. ... Bd7 2. Nxd7#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1776
(William Anthony Shinkman - St. John Globe, 1 Dec 1884)
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1. Be8! [2. Bxg6, Qxg6#]
1. ... Rxd6 2. Bxg6#
1. ... Rb2+ 2. Bd2#
1. ... Re5+ 2. Be3#
1. ... Rf5 2. Qxg6/xf5#
1. ... Rg5 2. Bg7#
1. ... h3 2. Qxh3#
1. ... Bf6 2. Nxf6#
Date added: 22/2/2022