White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1777 to 1788

1777

(A. M. A. van der Ven - Good Companion 3rd HM, 1921)

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1. Qd7! [2. Nd5#]
1. ... Rf5, Nf6 2. Q(x)f5#
1. ... Nb6 2. Qxc7, Rxe4#
1. ... Ne3 2. Rxe4, Bg3#
1. ... Nc3 2. Qd2#
1. ... Bg2 2. Qxg4#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1778

(Jan Berkovec - Týden Rozhlasu, 1942)

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1. c8=N! [2. Qh1#]
1. ... Bg6/h5 2. Qb7#
1. ... Nd6 2. Ne7#
1. ... Nd4, Kc6 2. Ncb4#
1. ... Nc5 2. Nab4#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1779

(Branko Atanackovic - Šahovski glasnik, 1956)

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1. Qc2! waiting
1. ... d5 2. Qc7#
1. ... f4 2. Qe4#
1. ... Na6/c6/d5/d3/a2/xc2 2. N(x)d3#
1. ... d3 2. Qc3#
1. ... Nb5/c4/xc2/b1 2. N(x)c4#
1. ... e2 2. Qxe2#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1780

(Erkki Paalanen - Die Schwalbe, 1965)

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1. Ba7! [2. Qd7, Qd5, Qb6#]
1. ... Bxb7 2. Qb6#
1. ... a3 2. Qd7#
1. ... cxd3 2. Qd5#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1781

(Viliam Stancik - Smena (Bratislava), 25 Sep 1965)

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1. Nh4! [2. Nf5#]
1. ... Nxd7/f7/c6/g6/g4/d3/f3+ 2. N(x)f3#
1. ... Bxc3+ 2. Bxc3#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1782

(Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko - XIV командное первенство СССР, 1992)

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1. Nxd5! [2. Nf6, Nc3#]
1. ... Nxa7 2. Rf4#
1. ... Nxe7 2. Rxe3#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Qxc6#
1. ... Be1, Nd1, Rc1 2. Nf6#
1. ... Bxg5, Ng4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Nxd5 2. Bf5#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1783

(Abdelaziz Onkoud - StrateGems, Jan 2001)

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1. Ra6! [2. Qxd7#]
1. ... bxa6 2. Rc6#
1. ... Nf8/f6/e5 2. B(x)e5#
1. ... Nc5+ 2. bxc5#
1. ... Rxe6 2. Nf7#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1784

(Vyacheslav Karlovich Pil'chenko - Probleemblad, 2000)

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1. Qh8! [2. Qe5, Qd4#]
1. ... Re8/a5, Re7 2. Qd4#
1. ... Bg7 2. Qxa8#
1. ... Bxd6 2. Qxa8/d4#
1. ... Rxd6, Nb3/c2 2. Qe5#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1785

(John Wilkinson - Problems in Chess, 1876)

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1. Bc8! waiting
1. ... Kd6 2. Qd7#

Date added: 22/2/2022

1786

(Leonid Makaronez - T.T. Gama 1st Prize, 1997)

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1. Rc7! waiting
1. ... Kd4 2. Bc3#
1. ... Kd6 2. Bg3#

compare to #17
87 and 1788

Date added: 22/2/2022

1787

(Leonid Makaronez - T.T. Gama 1st Prize, 1997)

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1. Rg7! waiting
1. ... Kf4 2. Bg3#
1. ... Kf6 2. Bc3#

compare to #178
6 and 1788

Date added: 22/2/2022

1788

(Leonid Makaronez - T.T. Gama 1st Prize, 1997)

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1. Re7!+
1. ... Kd6 2. Bb4#
1. ... Kf6 2. Bh4#

compare to #178
6 and 1787

Date added: 22/2/2022