White to play and checkmate in two moves
1813
(Mario Morbi - Il Due Mosse, 1953)
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1. Rd3! [2. Rd6#]
1. ... Rb6, Bd4 2. Nxf4#
1. ... Rd4 2. Ng7#
1. ... Be5 2. Nf8#
1. ... Bd5 2. Bxd5#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1814
(Ljubomir Brankovic - Die Schwalbe, 2009)
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1. Qd7! waiting
1. ... Bb7 2. Qxb7#
1. ... Bc6 2. Qxc6#
1. ... Bd5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Ne7 2. Qxe7#
1. ... fxg6 2. Qe6#
1. ... Bc5/a5/c7/d8 2. N(x)c5#
1. ... f5 2. Re5#
1. ... Nf5/g4 2. Q(x)f5#
1. ... gxf2 2. Nxf2#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1815
(Francois Michel - Thèmes-64 1st Prize, Jan 1956)
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1. Qf3! [2. Re4#]
1. ... Bc3 2. Qd5#
1. ... Bxd2 2. Nxd2#
1. ... Nc5 2. Rd4#
1. ... Nc3 2. Qc6#
1. ... Nd3/xe2 2. Q(x)d3#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1816
(Jan Valuska - Čik pogodi 1st Comm., 1968)
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1. a8=N! waiting
1. ... dxe6 2. Ne7#
1. ... dxc6 2. Qxc6#
1. ... d6 2. Nc7#
1. ... Nb6/d6/a5/e5/a3/e3/b2/d2 2. N(x)b6#
1. ... Nb4+/a3/e3/a1/e1 2. N(x)b4#
1. ... Nxd4 2. Ngf4, e4#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1817
(Bjarne Blikeng - Problemisten, 1946)
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1. Qd8! [2. Qxc7#]
1. ... Bxd6, dxe6 2. Bd4#
1. ... c6 2. Bb4#
1. ... Nxe6/d5 2. R(x)d5#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1818
(Wilhelm Ferreau - Die Schwalbe, Sep 1938)
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1. Qb7! [2. Qxa6#]
1. ... Nd8/f8/c7/g7, Rd6/d7/d8/d3/d2/d1 2. Nxe5#
1. ... Ng5 2. Nxe5, Nd2#
1. ... Nd4, Rdd4 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Nf4 2. Nd2#
1. ... cxb4+ 2. Qxb4#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1819
(Nicolae Popa - Phénix Special Comm., 2012-2013, Sep 2013)
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1. Nb4! [2. Nc6#]
1. ... e5 2. Rd5#
1. ... Nb6/d6/a5/e5/a3/xb2/d2 2. e3#
1. ... Ne3 2. Be5#
1. ... Rxd3 2. Nc2#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1820
(Nyktopolion Pavlovich Kaschtschejew - Land og Folk, 11 Jan 1970)
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1. Rh6! [2. Rd6#]
1. ... Qb4+ 2. Nxb4#
1. ... Qc5+ 2. Qxc5#
1. ... Qc6 2. Nb4, Qxc6#
1. ... Qc7+ 2. Nxc7#
1. ... Qxe4 2. Qc5/xe4#
Date added: 24/2/2022
1821
(Vyacheslav Karlovich Pil'chenko - Hlas ľudu, 11 May 1990)
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1. Qe1! [2. Bh5#]
1. ... Rxf4 2. Ne5#
1. ... Be2 2. Qxe2#
1. ... Ne3/g3/h2 2. Q(x)e3#
Date added: 26/2/2022
1822
(Nikolaj S. Zinov'ev - Ideal-Mate Review, 1989)
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1. g8=N! waiting
1. ... g5 2. Qf7#
1. ... Kg5 2. Qb5#
Date added: 26/2/2022
1823
(Edward Boswell & Walter A. Caine - L'Echiquier, 1927 1st HM, Section I, 1927)
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1. Nxe3! [2. Qxg4#]
1. ... Ke4+/g3+ 2. Nf5#
1. ... Bh3/f5/e6/d7/c8/xh5 2. Nd5#
1. ... Rxe3 2. Qb8#
1. ... Rg3 2. Qb8, Nd5#
Date added: 2/3/2022
1824
(H. Dennecke - Checkmate, 1903)
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1. Nb5! waiting
1. ... c4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Ke4 2. Qf5#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qd4#
1. ... Kxc6 2. Qf3#
Date added: 10/3/2022