White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 1957 to 1968

1957

(Jan Gasparovic - Hlas ľudu 4th Comm., 3 Oct 1985)

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1. Bh3! waiting
1. ... Kd4 2. e3#
1. ... Kf4, Nc4/b3/xf3/b1/f1 2. Rxe4#

Date added: 2/4/2022

1958

(Andrej Vasil'evich Nemcov - Смена (Москва), 1939)

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1. Re1! [2. Qe2, Qf1#]
1. ... Kf3 2. Qe2#
1. ... Kg2 2. Qf1#
1. ... Kxe1 2. Bg3#

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1959

(Otto B. Wurzburg - The Chess Review, Sam Loyd Centenary Ty., Open Section, 1941-1942 2nd Prize, Jun 1942)

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1. Kd5! [2. Qb4#]
1. ... Qg8+ 2. Nf7#
1. ... Qf8 2. Qxf8#
1. ... Qd8 2. Nd7#
1. ... Qc8 2. Nd7/f7/c6/c4/f3#
1. ... Qb8 2. Qf6#
1. ... Qa8+ 2. Nc6#
1. ... Qh1+ 2. Nf3#
1. ... Qxe5+ 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Bxd3 2. Nxd3#
1. ... Bf3+ 2. Rdxf3#
1. ... Bg4 2. Rxg4#



Date added: 2/4/2022

1960

(Robert A. Lincoln - StrateGems 51, Jul 2010)

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1. Nb5! waiting
1. ... e6 2. Qd6#
1. ... e5, Kc5/c6 2. Qc4#
1. ... Ke6 2. Nc7#

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1961

(Carel Johan Robert Sammelius - British Chess Federation 54th Tourney Comm., 1946-1947, 1946)

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1. Kf2! [2. Nbd2#]
1. ... Bxc5+ 2. Nxc5#
1. ... Nc7/f6/b4/c3 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Nb6 2. Qxf5, Re5#
1. ... Nf4 2. Ng5#
1. ... Ne3 2. Re5#
1. ... Qa5 2. c3#
1. ... Qxc2+ 2. Bxc2#
1. ... Qxb3 2. cxb3#

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1962

(H. Bahia & Felix Alexander Sonnenfeld - To Mat, Mar 1957)

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1. Nh3! [2. Nf2#]
1. ... Bg3 2. Qf3#
1. ... Nc6/b5/f5/b3/f3 2. Nf4#
1. ... Ne6 2. Qb5#
1. ... Ne2 2. Qf5/g6#
1. ... Ke4 2. Nf2#

Date added: 2/4/2022

1963

(Dieter Müller - Troll, 8 Sep 2004)

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1. Rd8! [2. Rxd5#]
1. ... Rd7 2. Nb5#
1. ... Bg8 2. Nf5#
1. ... Nd7 2. Nc6#
1. ... Qf7 2. Ne2#
1. ... Kxc5 2. Rxd5#

Date added: 3/4/2022

1964

(Al'bert Serapionovich SHahnazaryan -

Магаданская правда (Magadanskaya pravda), 1989)

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1. Rb3! [2. Rc3#]
1. ... Ba4 2. Ke2#
1. ... b1=Q/R/B/N 2. Rxb1#

Date added: 3/4/2022

1965

(Lars Aksglaede Larsen - Thema Danicum, 1988)

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1. Rh5! [2. Qxa4#]
1. ... Rb8 2. cxb8=N#
1. ... Rxa6 2. c8=Q#
1. ... Nb6/c5/b2 2. R(x)c5#
1. ... Bxf3+ 2. Qxf3#
1. ... Bd3 2. Nd4#
1. ... Bc2 2. Qd5#
1. ... Bf5 2. Ne5#

Date added: 3/4/2022

1966

(Barry Peter Barnes - The Spectator, 1958)

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1. Nxd5! waiting
1. ... Nc8/g8/g6/f5, Rxc5 2. Rcd1#
1. ... Nxd5, Rb6/c7/c8/d6/e6/xf6 2. Rc4#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Qd8#

Date added: 3/4/2022

1967

(Leonid Arsent'evich Lebedev - Кудесник (Kudesnik) 1st HM, 20 Oct 1997)

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1. Qh1! waiting
1. ... Na4/c4/d3/d1 2. Q(x)d1#
1. ... Kc2 2. Qc1#
1. ... Kxe2 2. Qg2#

Date added: 3/4/2022

1968

(Efren Petite - Problemas, 2002)

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1. Nf7! [2. Qd2#]
1. ... Be5 2. Nd5#
1. ... Re5 2. Bxf4#
1. ... Nf3/f1 2. R(x)f3#

Date added: 3/4/2022