White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1921 to 1932

1921

(Vilhelm Hansen - Chemnitzer Tageblatt 1st Prize, TT, May 1926)

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1. gxh8=Q! [2. Rxd5#]
1. ... Be4 2. Qf8/f6/e5, Nd3#
1. ... Bf3 2. Ne2#
1. ... Bc4 2. Rb3#
1. ... Bb3 2. Rc4#
1. ... Bc6 2. Nc8#
1. ... Be6 2. Qf8#
1. ... Rc5 2. dxc5, Ne2#
1. ... Rc8+ 2. dxc8=N#
1. ... Re5 2. Qxe5, dxe5#
1. ... Re8+ 2. dxe8=N#

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1922

(John Arvid Svedberg - Thema Danicum, 1977)

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1. Bf7! [2. e7#]
1. ... Be7 2. Qc2#
1. ... Kb3 2. Nc1#
1. ... Kd5 2. Nb4#
1. ... Ne5 2. Qa2#

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1923

(Petko Andonov Petkov - Suomen Shakki, Mar 1960)

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1. Nc6! [2. Nb4#]
1. ... bxc5 2. Rd8#
1. ... Kxc5 2. Nb4#
1. ... Rb2 2. Qc4#
1. ... Re4 2. Qd6#
1. ... Ne4 2. Qf7#
1. ... Nd3, Rb1/d4 2. Q(x)d4#

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1924

(Frederick Thomas Hawes - Parallele 50,

24 Apr 1951)

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1. Qe2! [2. Qxh5#]
1. ... Qe5/xe2, Nd5 2. R(x)e5#
1. ... Nc4 2. Nxd4#
1. ... Ng4 2. Be6#
1. ... Nxc2/g2/d1 2. Be6, Qxb5#
1. ... Rf3 2. Qxf3#

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1925

(Ottavio Stocchi - Szachy 1st HM, 1949)

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1. Nb3! [2. Rd4#]
1. ... Rxb3 2. Rc4#
1. ... Kxf4 2. Qxb4#
1. ... Rxf4 2. Rb5#
1. ... Nxf4 2. Nc5#

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1926

(T.H. Widdows - Chess, Feb 1948)

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1. Qc7! waiting
1. ... fxg5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Na7/xc7/d6/d4/a3/xc3 2. R(x)d4#
1. ... Rxd5 2. Ng3#
1. ... Re6/e7/e8/xf5 2. Bg2#
1. ... Kxf4 2. d3#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Qxc4#

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1927

(Slavko Wolf - Sahovski problemi za pocetnike, 1935 )

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1. Qa1! [2. Rf7, Re7, Rd7, Rc7, Rb7, Ra7#]
1. ... Rb8 2. Rb7#
1. ... Ra8 2. Ra7#
1. ... Rd8 2. Rd7#
1. ... Re8 2. Re7#
1. ... Rf8 2. Rf7#
1. ... Rg8 2. hxg8=Q/R#
1. ... Rc7 2. Rf7/e7/d7/xc7#

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1928

(L. A. Woodward - Time & Tide, 1952)

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1. Nf7! [2. Qf3#]
1. ... Qd5+/xe4 2. N(x)d5#
1. ... Rg4 2. Qe5#
1. ... Nxf7/g4 2. Qf5#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Na6#
1. ... Bxe4 2. Nd3#

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1929

(Pietro Luciano Placanico - Best Problems, Apr 2011)

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1. Rcxc4! [2. Rc5#]
1. ... f5 2. Bc6, Qc6#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Nf4#
1. ... Bd6 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Ne6 2. Bc6#
1. ... Ne4 2. Qf7#
1. ... Nxc4 2. Rb5#
1. ... Rc3/xd4 2. N(x)c3#

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1930

(Andreas Schonholzer - Probleemblad 2nd HM, 1975)

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1. Qe7! [2. Qxe5#]
1. ... Rxe7 2. Nxe7#
1. ... fxg6 2. Qe6#
1. ... Nd7 2. Qxf7#
1. ... Nc4 2. Qc5#
1. ... e4 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Qc3/xe3 2. N(x)c3#

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1931

(Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozhakin - Проблемист Прибужья, 1991)

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1. Ne8! [2. Bd6#]
1. ... Ke7 2. Bd6#

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1932

(Israel Abraham Schiffmann - Aachener Anzeiger TT, 1928 1st Prize, 9 Mar 1929)

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1. Rh2! waiting
1. ... d3 2. Qxe3#
1. ... Kxf3 2. Rf2#
1. ... gxf3 2. Rh4#
1. ... e2 2. Bd2#

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Date added: 31/3/2022