White to play and checkmate in two moves
2209
(Michael Lipton - Stocchi MT Comm. L'Italia Scacchistica, 1965)
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1. Nfxe3! [2. Qc4#]
1. ... Qxe5 2. Nc7#
1. ... Rxa3/b4/d3/xe3 2. Q(x)b4#
1. ... Rc3 2. Nxc3, Qb4#
1. ... Bd4 2. Qf1#
1. ... Bxe5 2. Nc3#
Date added: 25/6/2022
2210
(Peter Heyl - Freie Presse, 19 Nov 1999)
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1. b6! [2. Rxc7#]
1. ... Rd7, Nd7 2. exd7#
1. ... Nxe6 2. Qxe6#
1. ... cxb6, Bxb6 2. Nxb6#
1. ... Ne8/b5 2. axb7#
Date added: 25/6/2022
2211
(Felix Seidemann - Die Schwalbe, Nov 1930)
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1. Qb5! [2. Qc4#]
1. ... Nb8/d8/e7/e5/b4 2. c6#
1. ... Nd4 2. e4#
1. ... dxc5 2. Qxc5#
1. ... Nge5 2. Nf4#
1. ... Bxb3+ 2. Qxb3#
Date added: 25/6/2022
2212
(Miroslav Subotic - The Problemist, Mar 2013)
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1. Qd4! waiting
1. ... Ra1 2. Nfd3#
1. ... Kc1 2. Nbd3#
1. ... Ka1 2. Rxa3#
1. ... c1=Q+/R+ 2. Nc2#
1. ... c1=B+ 2. Nc2, Rd3#
1. ... c1=N+ 2. Rd3#
Date added: 25/6/2022
2213
(Eugene Beauharnais Cook - Baltimore Weekly Dispatch, 26 Nov 1859)
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1. Nd3! waiting
1. ... bxa5 2. Rc5#
1. ... exd3 2. Qb3#
1. ... f2, Qg3/f4/d6/c7/b8, Nf2 2. Nd2#
1. ... Qg2/f2/e2/xc2, Ng3 2. Ne5#
1. ... Qd2/g1/e5 2. Ne5, Nxd2#
1. ... Bb2 2. Nxb2#
Date added: 25/6/2022
2214
(Pavel Pavlovich Bobrov - La Presse, 1898)
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1. Rc6! waiting
1. ... Kf4 2. Rc4#
1. ... Kd3 2. Bf5#
1. ... Kd5 2. Bf3#
Date added: 25/6/2022
2215
(Waldemar Mazul - Probleemblad, 1997)
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1. Nf8! [2. e8=Q, e8=R#]
1. ... c3 2. N8d7#
1. ... Nxf5 2. Rxf5#
1. ... Rxf2 2. Qb8#
1. ... Qxg5 2. Qc3#
Date added: 25/6/2022
2216
(Eric Manfred Hassberg - L'Italia Scacchistica, 1947)
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1. g5! [2. g4#]
1. ... Bxd5 2. Rf7#
1. ... Qxd5 2. Rb3#
Date added: 26/6/2022
2217
(Stephen Rothwell - Landeszeitung für die Lüneburger Heide, 1993)
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1. Qg1! [2. Qg5#]
1. ... Kxf4 2. Qg3#
1. ... exd3 2. Qd4#
1. ... e3 2. Qxe3#
1. ... Rxg1 2. Bb8#
Date added: 26/6/2022
2218
(Horacio Luis Musante - Die Schwalbe 3rd Prize, Feb 1963)
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1. Nxc4! [2. Ne3#]
1. ... Kxc4 2. Qb3#
1. ... Rxc4 2. Re5#
1. ... Nxc4 2. Be4#
Date added: 26/6/2022
2219
(Frederic G. Lazard - L'Éclaireur de Nice, 7 Apr 1924)
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1. Rg2! [2. Qd4#]
1. ... c3, Ke3 2. Qe2#
1. ... Nc3 2. Qd2, Rg3#
1. ... Nd2 2. Qxd2#
1. ... Nf2 2. Rg3#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2220
(Piotr Ruszczynski - Mat (Beograd) 1st-2nd Prize, 1983)
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1. Nxd2! [2. Nd5#]
1. ... Ne7, Rd8 2. Nf3#
1. ... Re5 2. Qh6#
1. ... Bf3 2. Ne4#
Date added: 27/6/2022