White to play and checkmate in two moves
2149
(Tibor Feldmann - Magyar Sakkvilág, Apr 1933)
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1. Ng5! waiting
1. ... Kd3 2. Qd1#
Date added: 19/6/2022
2150
(Gerard Doukhan - diagrammes 1st HM, 1979)
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1. Rd8! [2. Bxd4#]
1. ... Nd7/d5 2. N(x)d5#
1. ... exf3 2. Re8#
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2151
(Andrej Ancin - Mutató 7th-8th Comm., 1966)
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1. Ndxe3! [2. Rh4#]
1. ... Kf4 2. Qe5#
1. ... Be1 2. Nd5#
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2152
(Philip Hamilton Williams - Liverpool Weekly Mercury 2nd Place, 1891)
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1. Nd7! waiting
1. ... Bxd7, Rxd7, c5 2. Qe4#
1. ... Rxb8/c7, Kxd7 2. N(x)c7#
1. ... Bxf6/f8/h8 2. N(x)f8#
1. ... b5 2. Nc5#
1. ... cxd5 2. Qxh3#
1. ... Ng5/f4/f2/g1 2. N(x)f4#
Date added: 20/6/2022
2153
(T. P. Benthall - The Tablet, 11 May 1963)
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1. Qg5! waiting
1. ... exd5 2. Qxf4#
1. ... exd4 2. Qf5#
1. ... Nb6/d6/a5/xa3/b2/d2 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Ne3 2. Qxe5, Rxf4#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Rd3#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Rxf4#
Date added: 20/6/2022
2154
(Henk le Grand & Pieter le Grand - Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond, Nov 1959)
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1. Re4! [2. Rxc6#]
1. ... d5 2. Nd7#
1. ... Bxe4 2. Nxe4#
Date added: 20/6/2022
2155
(Kenneth Samuel Howard - The Chess Review, Dec 1935)
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1. Rd6! [2. Qd7#]
1. ... Rxa8 2. Qxb7#
1. ... Be7 2. Qxc3#
1. ... Nf7 2. Qg4#
1. ... Rc7 2. Nb6#
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2156
(Samuel Loyd - Chess Monthly, Aug 1857)
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1. Qa8! waiting
1. ... Qxa8/a6/a4/a3/a2/b6/c5/d4 2. Nf7#
1. ... Qb7/c7/a1+ 2. Q(x)a1#
1. ... Qd7/e7/g7/h7 2. Qa5/a1#
1. ... Qf7 2. Qa5/a1, Nxf7#
1. ... Qa5+ 2. Qxa5#
1. ... Qb8 2. Qa1, Nf7#
1. ... Bg2/f1 2. Nxg4#
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2157
(Karl Artur Leonid Ivanovich Kubbel' - St. Petersburger Zeitung, 1903)
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1. Rd3! [2. Rd4#]
1. ... Be5 2. Nf2#
1. ... cxd3, Bxd3 2. Nc3#
1. ... Kxd3 2. Bf5#
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2158
(John Michael Rice - British Chess Magazine, 1961)
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1. Ne6! waiting
1. ... Nd8/d6/a5/c5 2. N(x)c5#
1. ... d4 2. Bc6#
1. ... d2 2. Bc2#
1. ... Nxe5 2. Nfg5#
1. ... Ng5/d4/h4/d2/h2/e1/g1 2. Ne(x)g5#
Date added: 20/6/2022
2159
(Alexandre Dobordschginidse - 64 Шахматы и шашки в рабочем клубе, 1929)
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1. Rd2! [2. Bd5#]
1. ... Be6, Rd6 2. N(x)d6#
1. ... Re6 2. Qg4#
1. ... Nd4/xd2 2. Re3#
1. ... Nb4/c3 2. N(x)c3#
1. ... Rxd2 2. Qe3#
1. ... Bxd2 2. Qb1#
Date added: 20/6/2022
2160
(Valentin Volodimirovich Luk'yanov & Mikola IIvanovich Nagnibida - Schach, 1974)
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1. Ne1! [2. Qd5, Rd3, Nc2#]
1. ... Nf4 2. Nc2#
1. ... Ne3 2. Rd3#
1. ... Nxe1 2. Qd5#
Date added: 20/6/2022