White to play and checkmate in two moves
1885
(Hugo Truck - Die Schwalbe, Nov 1955)
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1. Qg5! waiting
1. ... Kd4 2. Nxe6#
1. ... Kb4 2. Qe7#
1. ... Kb6 2. Qe3#
1. ... Kd6 2. Na6#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1886
(Pavel Aleksandrovich Murashev - Gravure, 2011)
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1. Qe1! [2. Nxg3#]
1. ... Bxe1 2. Rxh2#
1. ... Nxf1 2. Qxf1#
1. ... Kg1 2. Nxh2#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1887
(Rainer Paslack - Schach, Jul 2000)
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1. Qa4! [2. Be5#]
1. ... Nc6 2. Qxc6#
1. ... exf5 2. Qe8#
1. ... d2 2. Qc2#
1. ... Bxe3 2. Bxe3#
Date added: 16/3/2022
1888
(Stanislav Marek - Pravda (Bratislava), 10 Aug 1984)
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1. Be7! [2. Rc5#]
1. ... Rd5 2. Rb6#
1. ... Rd6, Bc7 2. R(x)c7#
1. ... Rf5 2. Nb4#
1. ... Bd6 2. d8=N#
1. ... Nd3 2. Nxd4#
Date added: 17/3/2022
1889
(Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pankrat'ev - Hlas ľudu, 5 Mar 1981)
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1. Qe6! [2. Qf5#]
1. ... dxe6 2. Nxe6#
1. ... N6xe4 2. Nd5#
1. ... N2xe4 2. Nd3#
Date added: 17/3/2022
1890
(Barry Peter Barnes - Correspondence Chess 3rd Prize, 1960)
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1. Bd3! [2. Bxe3, Be5#]
1. ... Qxb7/xd7 2. Bxe3, c3#
1. ... Qc6 2. Bxe3#
1. ... Qxf4 2. c3#
1. ... Bxg4 2. Nb3#
1. ... Bxd7 2. Nb3, Bxe3#
1. ... Nc6 2. Qb2, Bxe3, c3#
1. ... Re4 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 17/3/2022
1891
(Lars Aksglaede Larsen - Szachy, 1952)
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1. N5c6! [2. f5#]
1. ... Bxc8 2. Nxc8#
1. ... g6+ 2. Rf6#
1. ... g5+ 2. e5#
1. ... Re6 2. Qxe6#
1. ... Qg5 2. fxg5#
1. ... Qf5 2. Nxf5#
1. ... Qe5 2. fxe5#
1. ... Qd5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Qc5 2. bxc5#
1. ... Qh4/h3/h2 2. Nf5, Qd5, e5#
Date added: 17/3/2022
1892
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Good Companion, 4 Jul 1917)
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1. g4! [2. Qg3#]
1. ... Rxg4 2. Qxg4#
1. ... Nb6+/d6+ 2. Ne6#
1. ... Ne5+ 2. Nd5#
1. ... Qd4/e5/e6/e7/e8/f3/d3 2. Q(x)f3#
1. ... Qg2/h1/d5/c6/b7/a8 2. Qxe3#
1. ... Qxc2/f5/g6/h7 2. Qf3/xe3#
1. ... Bh2 2. Qxh2#
Date added: 17/3/2022
1893
(Andreas Munck - Skakbladet, 3 Sept 1915)
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1. Nc4! [2. Nxe5#]
1. ... Rb5/xb8, Bg3 2. Qxh3#
1. ... Re3 2. Nb6#
1. ... Bd4, Re1 2. Qd6#
1. ... Rd5 2. Qc6#
Date added: 17/3/2022
1894
(John Michael Rice - The Problemist Comm., 1986)
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1. Ke5! waiting
1. ... Qxb3 2. Nxb3#
1. ... Qc4 2. Qd8#
1. ... Qc5+/d2 2. Q(x)c5#
1. ... Qxc6/d3/e3/b4 2. Q(x)b4#
1. ... Qxf3 2. Qb4/d5/d8/c5#
1. ... Qc2/c1 2. Qb4/d8#
1. ... Qe1 2. Kf4, Qd5/d8/c5#
1. ... Qb2/xa1 2. Kf4#
1. ... Qxd4+ 2. Kxd4#
1. ... Na3/d2 2. Qxc3#
Date added: 22/2/2022
1895
(Gabriel George D. Koltanowski - America Salutes Comins Mansfield, M.B.E., 1983)
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1. Nc8! waiting
1. ... Kc6 2. Na5#
1. ... Ka6 2. Nc5#
1. ... Ka8/xc8 2. Bd5#
Date added: 17/3/2022
1896
(Aleksandr Grigor'evich Andreev - Твоя судьба, 1996)
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1. Qd3! waiting
1. ... a3 2. Qxb3#
1. ... Na5/c5/d4/a1 2. Qb1#
1. ... Nc1 2. Nc3#
Date added: 23/3/2022