White to play and checkmate in two moves
2221
(Rafael' Moiseevich Kofman - «64», 1968)
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1. Nf5! waiting
1. ... Nb3 2. Nd6#
1. ... Kd3 2. Nf4#
1. ... Kb3 2. Ned4#
1. ... Kb5 2. Nc7#
1. ... Kd5 2. Ne3#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2222
(Kong Weng Wong - The Guardian, 1964)
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1. Nd1! [2. Ne3#]
1. ... c4 2. Rd6#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qxe4, Ne3#
1. ... gxh4 2. Qg8#
1. ... cxd2 2. c4#
1. ... f2 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2223
(Georg Thomas - Skakbladet, Jan 1941)
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1. Rg6! [2. Qd6#]
1. ... Bb4 2. Nc7#
1. ... Be5 2. Qb3#
1. ... Bf6 2. fxg8=Q/B#
1. ... Rxg6 2. Bxf3#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2224
(Victor Cuciuc - Die Schwalbe, 5 Jun 1955 )
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1. Kb7! waiting
1. ... Na7/c7/d6+/d4/a3 2. N(x)d6#
1. ... Ng7/f6/f4 2. N(x)f6#
1. ... Rb3 2. cxb3#
1. ... Ra3/c4 2. c3#
1. ... Rxc5 2. c4#
1. ... Rd3 2. cxd3#
1. ... Rcxe3, Rgxe3 2. Nd2#
1. ... Rxc2 2. Bxc2#
1. ... Rf3 2. gxf3#
1. ... Rg4 2. g3#
1. ... Rxg5 2. g4#
1. ... Rh3 2. gxh3#
1. ... Rxg2 2. Qxg2#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2225
(Valerij Ivanovich Korenev - Уральский проблемист Comm., 2001)
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1. Nxd4! [2. Qf3#]
1. ... exd4 2. Re8#
1. ... g4 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Kxe3 2. Qe2#
1. ... Bd1 2. Bb7#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2226
(Eric Manfred Hassberg - The Problemist Comm., 1946)
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1. Nd4! [2. Ne6#]
1. ... Bd6+ 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Bf2#
1. ... f4 2. Nd3#
1. ... Nxb6 2. Qxb6#
1. ... Rxd4 2. Qc6#
1. ... Nxd4 2. Bb4#
1. ... Nf4 2. Nd7#
1. ... Qxe5+ 2. Qxe5#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2227
(Jozef Tonkovic - Šachové umění, Nov 1976)
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1. Ne3! [2. Nxg4, Qf6#]
1. ... Qxe6 2. Nxe6#
1. ... dxc4 2. Qf6#
1. ... Kd4 2. Bf6#
Date added: 27/6/2022
2228
(Unknown Composer)
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1. Qxe5! [2. Nc7, Ng7#]
1. ... Rc8, Bxd5 2. Ng7#
1. ... Rg8, Bxf5 2. Nc7#
1. ... Nb8/b6/f6/c5/xe5 2. N(x)f6#
1. ... Nh8/d6/h6/xe5/g5 2. N(x)d6#
Date added: 13/7/2022
2229
(Niels Hoeg - Aftonbladet, 1926)
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1. h8=B! [2. Be5#]
1. ... Kb8 2. Be5#
Date added: 13/7/2022
2230
(Martin Wessels - Probleemblad 2nd Prize, 2000)
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1. Nd4! [2. Nc6#]
1. ... Nd8/a5 2. Nc4#
1. ... Ne7 2. Rf5#
Date added: 13/7/2022
2231
(Walter Langweil - Jas, 16 Feb 1928)
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1. Qa1! waiting
1. ... b6/b5 2. Qh1#
1. ... Bb6/d6/e7/f8 2. N(x)b6#
1. ... Bxa7 2. Qxa7#
Date added: 15/7/2022
2232
(Imre Telkes - Népszava, 25 Mar 1923)
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1. Qa1! waiting
1. ... Nd6/c5/g3/d2/f2 2. Qxf6#
1. ... Nc3, f3 2. Qh1#
1. ... Rxb4 2. Rg8, Qh1#
1. ... Rc3/d3/e3/f3/g3/h3/b2/b1 2. Rg8#
Date added: 15/7/2022