White to play and checkmate in two moves
1801
(Marjan Kovachevic - diagrammes 1st Prize, 2010)
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1. Qxf7! [2. Qe6#]
1. ... Kxf5+ 2. Rge4#
1. ... Kd6+ 2. Rbe4#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1802
(Laszlo Apro - Schach-Echo, 1972)
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1. Ka4! [2. f6#]
1. ... Nh7 2. f8=Q#
1. ... Nxf7 2. Qxf7#
1. ... Rxf5 2. Nxf5#
1. ... Rxh4+ 2. Bxh4#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1803
(Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozhakin - Die Schwalbe, 1986)
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1. Qf2! [2. Qf8#]
1. ... Bf4 2. Rh8#
1. ... Rf3 2. Qb6#
1. ... Rxf2 2. Ra8#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1804
(Guido Cristoffanini - Magyar Sakkvilág Comm., Sep 1926)
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1. Rg5! [2. Bc5#]
1. ... Bd5 2. Rxd5#
1. ... cxd6 2. Qb6#
1. ... c6 2. Bc7#
1. ... c5 2. Be5#
1. ... fxg5/f5 2. Qh8#
Date added: 23/2/2022
1805
(Ferenc Fleck - Die Schwalbe TT-146 1st Prize, Oct 1970)
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1. Qd5! [2. Qf3#]
1. ... exf4 2. Rxf4#
1. ... e4 2. Qf5#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1806
(Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko - Командное первенство Украины 1st Place 1967)
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1. Qb1! waiting
1. ... dxc5 2. Νc6#
1. ... Kxc5 2. Be3#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qa1#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1807
(Vasil' Vasil'ovich Dyachuk - ЮК В.Шумарин-65 4th Prize Кудесник, 2006)
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1. Kb1! [2. Qc2#]
1. ... Νxd3 2. Qe2#
compare to #1808
Date added: 24/2/2022
1808
(Vasil' Vasil'ovich Dyachuk - ЮК В.Шумарин-65 4th Prize Кудесник, 2006)
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1. Kf1! [2. Qe2#]
1. ... Νxd3 2. Qc2#
compare to #1807
Date added: 24/2/2022
1809
(Geert Smit - Irene 1st Prize, 1949)
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1. Bf4! [2. Qa3#]
1. ... Nd6 2. Ra8#
1. ... d6 2. Qa7#
1. ... Bf8 2. Rg2#
1. ... Nc5 2. Qe2#
1. ... Rc5 2. Rh2#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1810
(Ottavio Stocchi - Het Belgisch Schaakbord (L'Echiquier Belge)
2nd Prize, 1955)
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1. Nxc4! [2. Qxd5#]
1. ... d4 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Kxc4 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qh7#
1. ... Bxe4 2. N4e5#
1. ... Rxe4 2. Nb2#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1811
(Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov - Poems and problems, 1951)
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1. Bc2! waiting
1. ... dxe6, Kd5/d6 2. Qc5#
1. ... d6, c5 2. Rf5#
1. ... d5 2. Qc7#
1. ... Nd4/xf4/xg3/c1/g1 2. Q(x)d4#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1812
(Karol Mlynka - Кудесник, 2006)
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1. Rg7! waiting
1. ... Nd8/h8/d6/e5, Kh6 2. Rh7#
1. ... Nh6 2. Rg5#
1. ... Ng5 2. hxg5#
Date added: 24/2/2022