White to play and checkmate in two moves
2161
(Thomas Rayner Dawson - The Problemist - Fairy Chess Supplement, Aug 1930)
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1. Rg6! [2. Bxf6#]
1. ... f4 2. Rg5#
1. ... Nd5 2. Nc6#
1. ... Ne4 2. Nf3#
Date added: 20/6/2022
2162
(Zelikas Kolodnas - Šachmatai ir bridžas, 1934)
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1. Qb8! waiting
1. ... Na8/e8/a6/b5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... d6 2. Qc8#
1. ... Kd6 2. Qb6#
1. ... Nb6/b4/f4/c3/e3, exd4 2. Qg8#
1. ... Nf6 2. Ng7#
1. ... e4 2. Qg8, Rxe4#
Date added: 20/6/2022
2163
(Mihail Akchurin - Вечерний Харьков (Vechernij Har'kov ) Special HM, 3 Dec 1982)
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1. Qf3! [2. Qe4#]
1. ... f5 2. Qc6#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2164
(Alex Casa - Thèmes-64 3rd HM, 1970)
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1. Nf6! [2. Bb7#]
1. ... Rxc8, Nd6 2. Nd4#
1. ... Rd7 2. Bxd7#
1. ... Ne5 2. Rc5#
1. ... Qxb5+ 2. axb5#
1. ... Nxb4+ 2. Nxb4#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2165
(Cornelis Groeneveld & Hendrik Prins - Schweizer Schach-Magazin, 1993 )
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1. Nxc3! [2. Qc5#]
1. ... Bd5 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Rxc3 2. dxc3#
1. ... Nb3 2. Ncxb5#
1. ... Nd3 2. Re4#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2166
(Arthur William Daniel - La Strategie, 1909)
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1. Ke7! [2. Ne6#]
1. ... b3+, Kf5 2. Nd6#
1. ... Ke5 2. Nxg3#
1. ... Rxg5 2. Qxg5#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2167
(Otto Fuss - Hannoversche Schachzeitung, 11 Jun 1933)
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1. Qg1! waiting
1. ... Ne6+/g6 2. R(x)e6#
1. ... Bxf7 2. Nxf7#
1. ... Nb8/xb6/c5 2. Qg7#
1. ... Nf6 2. Nc6#
1. ... Rg5/xh6 2. Q(x)g5#
1. ... Rf5 2. Ng4#
1. ... d3 2. Qa1#
1. ... f3 2. Qh2#
1. ... Rd3 2. Nxd3#
1. ... Rc3/b3/a3/f3/g3/xh3/xe2 2. Bxd4#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2168
(T. S. Goodlake - The Penny Paper, 15 Sep 1894)
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1. Nd4! waiting
1. ... Kf4 2. Qe3#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Qc3#
1. ... Kd6 2. Qh2#
1. ... Kxf6 2. Qf5#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2169
(Miroslav Soukup - Groš, 1938)
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1. Qf8! [2. Qc5#]
1. ... bxc3, Rxc3 2. Qf2#
1. ... Ke3 2. Nc2#
1. ... Kxc3 2. Qxh8#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2170
(Ernest Haslam Harvey Jerrard - The Brisbane Courier, 1 Nov 1919)
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1. Ne4! [2. Kf5#]
1. ... Kxe4 2. Bxd5#
1. ... Nxe6+ 2. Kxe6#
1. ... Nxg6+ 2. Kxg6#
1. ... Ne2+/g2+ 2. Ke7#
1. ... Rxe4 2. Qa1#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2171
(Matti Arvo Myllyniemi - Hannelius JT 4th Prize, 1967)
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1. Bf2! [2. Rxe7#]
1. ... e6, Ke4 2. Nc3#
1. ... e5, Be5 2. Nf4#
1. ... Ke5 2. Rxe7#
1. ... Ke6 2. Nd4#
1. ... Qe4 2. Rxf5#
Date added: 21/6/2022
2172
(Sven Trommler - JT Salokotzki - 70, 2012)
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1. Qh8! [2. Qxg8#]
1. ... Bh7/f7 2. Qd8#
1. ... Be6 2. Nf6#
1. ... Nxc5 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Nd4 2. Ne3#
Date added: 21/6/2022