White to play and checkmate in two moves
2017
(Ignazio Calvi - Schach-Almanach, 1846)
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1. Qg2! [2. Nb7, Qd2#]
1. ... Nd8/xd6, Bc4/xd3/c6 2. Qd2#
1. ... Nc6/b3/f3/c2/e2, Rd1/c1/b1/xg2 2. Nb7#
Date added: 6/4/2022
2018
(Alexander George McCombe - Illustrated London News, 1849)
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1. Qg2! waiting
1. ... fxg2 2. f4#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2019
(M. O. Mollerstrom - Bündnerisches Unterhaltungsblatt, 25 Oct 1848)
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1. Qd6! [2. Qd3, Ne5#]
1. ... Nxd6 2. Nxe3#
1. ... Nd4 2. Ne5/xe3#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2020
(Josef Kling - The Chess Euclid, 1849)
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1. Rd7!+
1. ... Ke4 2. Bc2#
1. ... Kc4 2. Be2#
1. ... Kc6 2. Ba4#
1. ... Ke6 2. Bg4#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2021
(Eugene Beauharnais Cook - American Chess-Nuts, 1868)
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1. Rd5! [2. Qe6#]
1. ... cxd5, Qxd5, Bxd5 2. Qf4#
1. ... Qc3/xd6 2. N(x)c3#
1. ... Qd4 2. Rxd4#
1. ... Qe3 2. Rxe3#
1. ... Nd3 2. exd3#
1. ... Nf3 2. exf3#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2022
(Viktor Ivanovich CHepizhnyj - ЮК Москва-850 3rd Prize Шахматная композиция (YUK Moskva-850 SHahmatnaya kompoziciya), 1997)
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1. Nd5! [2. Nd6#]
1. ... Qxf4 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Nd2 2. Nc3#
1. ... Nd3 2. Nd2#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2023
(YAkov Vul'fovich Rossomaho & YUrij Akimovich Sushkov - Thèmes-64 1st Comm., 1984)
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1. Nd4! [2. Ndxc6#]
1. ... Bxd4 2. b8=Q/B#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Nexc6#
1. ... Qxd4 2. Qh2#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2024
(Jan Valuska - Pravda (Bratislava) 1st Prize, 25 Oct 1968)
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1. Qh3! waiting
1. ... Ke4 2. Qg4#
1. ... Bg2 2. Qf5#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2025
(Henryk Zuk - Jubilé WPK-50 1st HM, 1982)
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1. Qd3! [2. Rd6, f5#]
1. ... Qb8/b4/c5/d4/c7/d8, Nb8/d8/a7/a5/b4, Rxd3 2. f5#
1. ... Nxe7 2. Rxe7#
1. ... Nd4 2. Qc4#
1. ... exf4, Ng4/xd3/h3/d1/h1, Bxd3 2. Rd6#
1. ... Ne4 2. Qh3#
Date added: 1/4/2022
2026
(Aleksandr Petrovich Olejnik - Кудесник (Kudesnik), 1 Apr 1999 )
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1. Bf8! [2. g8=N#]
1. ... Nxf8 2. gxf8=Q/B#
1. ... Nxg7 2. Qxg7#
1. ... Ng8 2. Qh5#
1. ... Kh7 2. g8=Q#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2027
(Samuel Gold - Vasárnapi Újság, 1862)
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1. Qc5!+
1. ... Kxc5 2. Nxb7#
Date added: 7/4/2022
2028
(Pieter le Grand & Johann Christoffel van Gool - Schach-Aktiv 2nd HM, 1987)
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1. Nxe6! [2. Ng7#]
1. ... Be5 2. Nh6#
1. ... Bf8 2. e4#
1. ... Kxe6 2. Qd7#
Date added: 7/4/2022