White to play and checkmate in two moves
1837
(Valenti Marin i Llovet - Ruy López, 1896)
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1. Rg3! waiting
1. ... Ke3 2. Bh6#
1. ... c2 2. Qxd2#
1. ... Bg2/xh1/xe4/g4 2. Q(x)g4#
1. ... Be2 2. Bd3#
1. ... Bxd1 2. Bc2#
1. ... Bh5+ 2. Bg6#
1. ... Bc1 2. Qxc1#
1. ... Be3 2. Qd6#
1. ... Nd3/c2/g2 2. Qxf3#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1838
(Fedir Mihajlovich Kapustin - Baku Chess Olympic Ty 2nd Comm., 2016)
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1. Qxf5! [2. Qxd7#]
1. ... Rd8 2. Re4#
1. ... Kd8 2. Qxd7#
1. ... O-O-O 2. Rc4#
1. ... Rxf5 2. Rg8#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1839
(Sophie Schett - Nuova Rivista degli Scacchi, Oct 1887)
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1. Kd6! waiting
1. ... Bb5/b7/c8 2. B(x)b5#
1. ... Nd7/f7+/c6/g6/xf3 2. B(x)f7#
1. ... b3 2. axb3#
1. ... Nc5/f4/b2/f2/c1/e1 2. Nxe5#
1. ... Rc1/b1/a1/e1/f1/g1/h1 2. Nxd2#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1840
(Michael Lipton - U.Castellari JT HM, 1963)
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1. Bf6! waiting
1. ... Nf8 2. exf8=N#
1. ... Nh8 2. Bxh8#
1. ... Ngxe7 2. Bxe7#
1. ... Nge5 2. Bxe5#
1. ... Nxf4 2. exf4#
1. ... Nh4 2. Bxh4#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1841
(Petrus Overkamp - British Chess Magazine, Mar 1952)
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1. Ndxc4! [2. e4#]
1. ... Nd6/xc3 2. R(x)d6#
1. ... Nbd4 2. Ne3#
1. ... Rxc4+ 2. Qxc4#
1. ... Ng5/d2 2. Qe5#
1. ... Nfd4 2. Nb6#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1842
(Joe Casey Youngs - Northwest Chess, 1977)
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1. Qf5! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... Be5 2. Qxf7#
1. ... Nge5 2. Qe4#
1. ... Nc5/b4/f4/f2/e1 2. Nd6#
1. ... Nde5 2. Rd4#
1. ... Nb2 2. Na3#
Date added: 11/3/2022
1843
(Sven Trommler - Problem-Echo 1st Prize, 2000)
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1. Ned5! [2. Qe3#]
1. ... Nd7 2. Nc3#
1. ... Na4 2. Nf6#
Date added: 12/3/2022
1844
(Michael Barth - Harmonie-aktiv, May 2016)
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1. Be4! [2. c6, e6#]
1. ... Qxe4 2. Sxe4#
1. ... Qxf5 2. Bxf5#
1. ... Qxe5/h6, Rxe4 2. c6#
1. ... Bxe4 2. e6#
Date added: 12/3/2022
1845
(W. Hatswell - Manchester Guardian, 8 Nov 1956)
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1. Nc5! [2. Bd2, Be1, Bb2, Ba1, Bb4, Ba5, Bd4, Be5, Bf6, Bg7, Bh8#]
1. ... Ra7 2. Ba5#
1. ... Rxb8/c7 2. Be5#
1. ... Rxd7 2. Bd4#
1. ... Rxb6 2. Bb4#
1. ... fxe4 2. Nxe4#
1. ... a1=Q/R/N 2. Bxa1#
1. ... a1=B 2. Bb2/xa1#
1. ... f1=Q/R/B/N 2. Be1#
1. ... Bxe2 2. Nxe2#
1. ... Bxh2 2. Bf6#
Date added: 12/3/2022
1846
(Valerij YUr'evich Popov - ЮК Всероссийское объединение любителей шахматных задач и этюдов-80 4th HM Шахматная композиция, 2006)
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1. Qc4! waiting
1. ... gxh6 2. g7#
1. ... Bg5/h4 2. d5#
1. ... Be5 2. dxe5#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Rxe7#
Date added: 12/3/2022
1847
(J. Lopez-Rincon - The Times, 21 Feb 1902)
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1. Bf6! [2. Nd8, Nd4#]
1. ... gxf6, Kc6 2. Nd8#
1. ... Kc4 2. Nf4#
1. ... Nd4 2. Nxd4#
Date added: 12/3/2022
1848
(H. A. Willemsen - The Sunday Times, 25 Jan 1903)
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1. Kd2! waiting
1. ... Rxa7/b6 2. B(x)b6#
1. ... Rc6/xa5 2. N(x)c6#
1. ... Bxf4+ 2. Qxf4#
1. ... Bf6 2. Qxf6#
1. ... Bg7 2. Qxg7#
1. ... Bh8 2. Qxh8#
1. ... Be2 2. Nxe2#
1. ... Bd3 2. Rxd3#
1. ... Bc4 2. Rxc4#
1. ... Bb5 2. Nxb5#
Date added: 12/3/2022