White to play and checkmate in two moves
1873
(Israel Albert Horowitz & Paz Einat - Variantim, 2016 )
Click to view solution
1. Bb1! [2. Qa1#]
1. ... Ne6 2. Rxe6#
1. ... Nxd5/e4 2. Q(x)e4#
1. ... Rc1/xb1 2. Qxf4#
Date added: 14/3/2022
1874
(Hans Aarzen - Probleemblad, 1977)
Click to view solution
1. Bf3! [2. Qd1#]
1. ... Bd5 2. Rxd5#
1. ... d5 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Rh2 2. Bg7#
1. ... Nc5 2. Qxc5#
1. ... N6b4 2. Qc4/c5#
1. ... Rxa3 2. Qc4#
1. ... exf3 2. Qd3#
1. ... e2 2. Qd2#
1. ... N2b4 2. Qc3/c4#
1. ... Nc3 2. bxc3, Qxc3#
1. ... Nc1 2. Qc3#
Date added: 14/3/2022
1875
(Pavel Aleksandrovich Murashiov & Elmar Abdullayev - МК В.Варенников-90 3rd-4th Prize, 2013)
Click to view solution
1. Qa3! waiting
1. ... f4 2. dxe4#
1. ... exd3 2. Qxd3#
1. ... e3 2. Qa8#
1. ... Ke3 2. d4#
Date added: 14/3/2022
1876
(Heinrich Leonhard Adolphi - Austrums, 1 Jun 1892)
Click to view solution
1. Nc5! waiting
1. ... Kb5/a5 2. Qa4#
1. ... Kc4/c3/a3 2. Qb3#
Date added: 14/3/2022
1877
(Igor' Alekseevich Agapov - VII командное первенство России 11th Place
VII командное первенство России, 1980)
Click to view solution
1. Qc4! [2. Rxf7#]
1. ... f6 2. Rh5#
1. ... Bd4 2. Qc8#
1. ... Rd4 2. Qxf7#
1. ... Qa1/b2/b7 2. Qe4#
Date added: 14/3/2022
1878
(Bernhard Neumann - Schach, 1962)
Click to view solution
1. Nxc5! waiting
1. ... Kf4 2. Nd3#
1. ... Kd4 2. Nb3#
1. ... Kd6 2. Bg3#
1. ... Kf6 2. Bc3#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1879
(Andreas Witt - The Problemist, Jul 2018 )
Click to view solution
1. Qb5! [2. Nxf4#]
1. ... Qxe4 2. Nxd4#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1880
(Evgenij Nikolaevich Permyakov - 18-й командный чемпионат России 12th Place, 2013)
Click to view solution
1. Qe6! [2. Ng5#]
1. ... Kxf3 2. Qg4#
1. ... Bf4/xe5 2. R(x)f4#
1. ... Nxf3 2. Nd6#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1881
(Alexander Zidek - Schach-Report, Aug 1990)
Click to view solution
1. Nh5! [2. Qxg7#]
1. ... dxe6 2. Qxe6#
1. ... dxc6 2. Nxc6#
1. ... d6 2. Bxd4#
1. ... d5 2. exd5#
1. ... gxh5 2. Qf5#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1882
(Ferenc Fleck - Erkki Heinonen-50 3rd Comm., 1972-1973)
Click to view solution
1. Nd7! [2. Rg3, Qxd5#]
1. ... Ra8, Bc7/d8 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Kxd3 2. Qd1#
1. ... Nxb4/e3 2. Rf7/e7/g8/h7/g6/g5/g4/g3/g2/g1, Qe5#
1. ... Nxe1 2. Rg3#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1883
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Daily Telegraph, 1907)
Click to view solution
1. Bc1! [2. Nxf6#]
1. ... Kxd5 2. Bxf3#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1884
(Zoltan Labai & Jozef Taraba - The Problemist, 2000)
Click to view solution
1. Ng4! [2. Nxc5#]
1. ... Nb7/xd7/a6/a4 2. Rd4#
1. ... Ne6 2. Qf3#
1. ... Nb3 2. Qf4#
1. ... Nd3 2. cxd3#
1. ... Bxf7+ 2. gxf7#
Date added: 16/3/2022