White to play and checkmate in two moves
1825
(Jacobus Haring - Die Schwalbe, Sep 1962)
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1. Nb5! [2. Ne3#]
1. ... Qh3, Ke4 2. Qxd3#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qb3#
Date added: 10/3/2022
1826
(Karol Mlynka - Mat-Pat, 1991)
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1. Nxf3! waiting
1. ... Qxa5/c5 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Rxf5 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Bb3/xc2 2. Rxb5#
Date added: 10/3/2022
1827
(Pascal di Scala - Gazeta Częstochowska, 1980)
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1. Nf4! [2. Re3#]
1. ... Be5/b6 2. Q(x)e5#
1. ... Bxf4 2. Qg6#
1. ... Nf3+ 2. exf3#
1. ... Ra3 2. Rd4#
Date added: 10/3/2022
1828
(Georges Legentil - Georges Legentil (1885-1949) Problèmes d'Échecs, 1951)
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1. Nb6! [2. Qc4#]
1. ... Nd8/f8/c7/g7 2. Re4#
1. ... Nc5 2. Qf6#
1. ... Ng5 2. e3#
1. ... Nf4 2. Re4, e3#
1. ... Bc5 2. Qd5#
Date added: 10/3/2022
1829
(Fedir Mihajlovich Kapustin & Mikola Volodimirovich Kuligin - Práca, 2000)
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1. Rxg5! waiting
1. ... Kd5/d4 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Kf4 2. Qxf5#
Date added: 10/3/2022
1830
(Janos Koch - Magyar Nemzet 1st HM, 1958)
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1. Qxf5! [2. Qxf4, Qg4, Qe4#]
1. ... hxg5, Nxg3 2. Qg4#
1. ... Rxg5, f1=Q/R/B/N, Nxd2 2. Qxf4#
1. ... R5h4, Rxg3/h4, Bf1, Bxd2 2. Qe4#
1. ... Nxc3+ 2. Rxc3#
Date added: 10/3/2022
1831
(Santiago Larrain - The Problemist, 1979)
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1. Qc3! [2. Qxc5#]
1. ... Nb7/d7/a6/a4 2. Qxd2#
1. ... Ne6 2. Nf6#
1. ... Ne4 2. Ne7#
1. ... Nb3, Bc4 2. Q(x)c4#
1. ... Nd3, Rxc2 2. Qd4#
Date added: 10/3/2022
1832
(Allard Pieter Eerkes - Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond TT-14 1st Prize, 1939)
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1. Qe6! [2. Qe3#]
1. ... Be5 2. Qxb6#
1. ... Bf4, Re4 2. Q(x)e4#
1. ... Qd6/d7/xd8 2. Rd3#
Date added: 10/32/2022
1833
(Karoly Harcz - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 Oct 1926)
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1. Nc6! waiting
1. ... bxc5 2. Ne5#
1. ... b5 2. Qc2#
1. ... Kxc5 2. Qb4#
1. ... Kd3 2. Qb3#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1834
(Marco Guida - The Problemist Supplement, Jul 2008 )
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1. Qd1! [2. Qc2#]
1. ... Qxd2 2. Ne5#
1. ... Bb1 2. Qxb1#
1. ... Bxb3 2. Qxb3#
1. ... Rxd2 2. Bf1#
1. ... Re3 2. dxe3#
1. ... Rxe4 2. Rc3#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1835
(Oskar Wielgos - Schach, 1976)
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1. R7c5+!
1. ... Rd5 2. Qc7, Bc7#
1. ... Kd6 2. Qc7, Bc7, e5#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1836
(August van Geen - L'Alfiere di Re, 1925)
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1. Rd8! waiting
1. ... Ke4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Kxc4 2. Nde3#
1. ... Kc6/e6 2. Rxd6#
Date added: 11/3/2022