White to play and checkmate in two moves
2053
(Jan Valuska - Tungsram 1st Prize, 1978)
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1. Bc7! waiting
1. ... Nc8/e8/f7/xb5/xf5 2. Qxc4#
1. ... Nxc7/e7/xb6/xf6/b4/f4/c3/e3 2. Q(x)c3#
1. ... c3 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Kc5 2. Qe3#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Rhxe4#
compare to #2052
Date added: 11/4/2022
2054
(Pieter ten Cate - The Observer, 1965)
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1. Rd2! [2. Re2#]
1. ... Qf5+ 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Nxc5 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Ne5 2. Rd4#
1. ... Nb4 2. R2d4#
1. ... Nf4 2. Ng5#
1. ... Nb2/c1/e1 2. Rg5#
1. ... Nxf2 2. Nxf2#
1. ... Ng4/f1 2. f3#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2055
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Der Tagesspiegel, 1993)
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1. c3! [2. Qxf3#]
1. ... Qf4 2. Re5#
1. ... Qg3 2. Rg5#
1. ... Qh2 2. Rh5#
1. ... Kd3 2. Rxf3#
1. ... Ne5/g5/d4/h4/d2/h2/e1/g1 2. Q(x)d4#
1. ... Be2/g2 2. Q(x)e2#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2056
(Zoltan Zilahi - Schackvärlden, 1933)
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1. Nd5! [2. Qg6, Qh7#]
1. ... Rxa7, Kf5 2. Qg6#
1. ... Bxd4+ 2. Nc3#
1. ... Qxc2+ 2. Bxc2#
1. ... Qxd4+ 2. c3#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2057
(Domenico Barbaro - Il Due Mosse, 1952)
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1. Qe4! waiting
1. ... d6 2. Qc6#
1. ... d5 2. Qa4#
1. ... Bxg6 2. Qxg6#
1. ... f5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Qe6 2. Qa8#
1. ... Qe7+ 2. Qxe7#
1. ... Qxe4 2. Rxe4#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2058
(William Anthony Shinkman - Dubuque Chess Journal, Dec 1870)
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1. Bf4! [2. Qxe3#]
1. ... Nexf4 2. Ng5#
1. ... Ngxf4 2. Nxe5#
1. ... exf4 2. Qa8#
1. ... Rxf4 2. Rxh3#
1. ... Kxf4 2. Rf5#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2059
(Josef Cumpe - Teplitz-Schönauer Anzeiger, 1934)
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1. Rg8! [2. Nxf6#]
1. ... Ne8/xg8/xh7/d5/e4 2. g4#
1. ... Ng4 2. Bg6#
Date added: 1/4/2022
2060
(Herbert Ahues - idee & form, Apr 1988)
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1. Ne4! [2. Ng3#]
1. ... Rcxe6 2. Qd5#
1. ... Rfxe6 2. Nh6#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2061
(Luigi Vitale - Scacco!, Apr 1997)
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1. Nd5! [2. Nc3#]
1. ... Nxd5/e4 2. Be8#
1. ... Kb5 2. Nc3#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2062
(F. Warren - Chess Life, 1956)
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1. Rh5! waiting
1. ... Qd6 2. Qe3#
1. ... Qc6/xf6/f7/g8 2. N(x)c6#
1. ... Qe7 2. Nc6, fxe7#
1. ... Qe8/xf5/d7/c8 2. f7#
1. ... d4 2. fxe6#
1. ... Kd4 2. Qc3#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2063
(Mihai Petrescu - Problemas, 1970)
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1. Qe6! [2. Qg8#]
1. ... Nc5 2. Rb8#
1. ... Nd4 2. Qxf6#
1. ... Nd2 2. Rh2#
1. ... Rc8+ 2. Qxc8#
Date added: 11/4/2022
2064
(Johann Bernhard Michael Schneider - Die Schwalbe 1st Prize, Aug 1963)
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1. Nf4! waiting
1. ... Nd8, Nb4 2. Nf3#
1. ... Nh8/d6/h6, c4, Nxf4, Nb2, Nf2, Nc1 2. Nxc6/f3#
1. ... Nfxe5 2. Ne2#
1. ... Ng5, Ne1 2. Nxc6#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qg7#
1. ... Ndxe5 2. Ne6#
Date added: 11/4/2022