White to play and checkmate in two moves
1789
(Anatolij Tihonovich Motor - Biuletyn Częstochowskiego O. Z. Szach, Jan 1986)
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1. Nc6! [2. Qe8, Qg8#]
1. ... dxc6 2. Qe8#
1. ... d4 2. Qg8#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1790
(Ulrich Schirdewan - The Brisbane Courier 3rd HM, 1932)
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1. Ncxe5! [2. Nxd3#]
1. ... Rxe5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Bd5+ 2. Nc6#
1. ... Rd6 2. Qf8#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1791
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Problemas 5th HM, 1954)
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1. Qa6! [2. Rf7#]
1. ... Nd7/h7 2. Qe6#
1. ... d4 2. Be4#
1. ... e4 2. Rf4#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1792
(Tomas Scolarici , 2010)
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1. Ba1! waiting
1. ... Na8/e8/a6/e6/xb5/d5 2. B(x)d5#
1. ... e6/e5 2. Nd6#
1. ... Nf6/h6/e5/e3/f2/h2 2. N(x)e5#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1793
(Dimitris N. Kapralos - Parallèle 50, 17 Jun 1949)
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1. Bh2! [2. Nb8#]
1. ... Rxd7 2. Qxd7#
1. ... Rxh5 2. Qe6#
1. ... Qb6 2. Rxb6#
1. ... Qxb7 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Nf5 2. Qxg2#
1. ... Be4+ 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1794
(Europe Cacciare - Il Littoriale, 1930)
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1. Qd2! [2. Qe3#]
1. ... Bf4 2. Qxf4#
1. ... Kd4+/e5+ 2. Nf5#
1. ... Be2/f1/c2/b1 2. Qd5#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1795
(Piotr SHalimov - Вечерний Магадан, 1999)
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1. Kc7! [2. Qd6#]
1. ... Kd5 2. Qd6#
1. ... Kf4 2. Qd4#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1796
(Frantisek Havelka - Ruch, 1946)
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1. Bh5! [2. Qxe5#]
1. ... Kxh5 2. Qf5#
1. ... Kf6 2. Qg6#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1797
(Mato Haralovic - Die Schwalbe, 1981)
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1. Nd3! waiting
1. ... Ke4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Kxc4 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Kxc6 2. Nb4#
1. ... Kxe6 2. Qe5#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1798
(Karlis Betins - Düna-Zeitung, 1 Mar 1908)
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1. Qh5! [2. Nc3#]
1. ... Kc5 2. Nc7/e7/f6/xb4/c3/e3#
1. ... Kc4 2. Nxb4#
1. ... Kxa4 2. Nxb6#
1. ... Rxa4 2. Nc7#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1799
(Herbert Ahues - Rochade Europa, Sep 2013)
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1. Kd7! [2. Bd6#]
1. ... Nf5 2. Nf7#
1. ... Ne4 2. Nc6#
1. ... Ba3 2. Bc3#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1800
(Svend Orvar Thomsen - The Field, 1955)
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1. Qb8! waiting
1. ... Ke4/e3 2. Qf4#
1. ... Kc3 2. Qb2#
1. ... Kc5 2. Qb6#
Date added: 23/2/2022