White to play and checkmate in two moves
2245
(Tomas Salamanca - Enroque!!, Jan 1947)
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1. Be7! [2. Rd6#]
1. ... fxe6 2. Bxc6#
1. ... bxa5 2. Qc5#
1. ... Bf3 2. Qxf3#
1. ... Bxg2 2. Qxg2#
1. ... Bd3, Rd4 2. Q(x)d4#
1. ... Bc2 2. c4#
1. ... Bf5 2. Re5#
1. ... Ba3 2. Qa2#
1. ... Qe3 2. Nxe3#
1. ... Qxf4+ 2. Nxf4#
Date added: 16/7/2022
2246
(Viktor Sergeevich Kolpakov - Темп-64 (Николаев), 1995)
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1. Nb3! [2. Nc1#]
1. ... exd2 2. Qxd2#
Date added: 16/7/2022
2247
(Milivoj S. Neshic - Mat (Beograd) 9th HM, Nov 1979)
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1. Bb1! [2. d4#]
1. ... Nc6 2. Nxc6#
1. ... exf5 2. Re7#
1. ... fxg5 2. Qxg7#
1. ... d4 2. Rxb5#
1. ... f3 2. Qh2#
Date added: 16/7/2022
2248
(Vasil' YUrijovich Markovcij & Pavel Aleksandrovich Murashiov - SuperProblem TT-189 1st Prize, 5 Jun 2017)
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1. Nf1! [2. Rd4#]
1. ... Ne6/f5 2. R(x)e6#
1. ... Qe3 2. Rxe3#
1. ... Qd2 2. Nxd2#
1. ... cxd3 2. Rxa4#
1. ... Bf6 2. Nxg3#
Date added: 16/7/2022
2249
(Velko Aleksandrov - Phénix, Apr 1999)
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1. Nc8! [2. Qe8#]
1. ... Bc6 2. Nxd6#
1. ... Rc6 2. Bxd5#
1. ... Qxd4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Nf2#
Date added: 16/7/2022
2250
(Yehuda Lubton - Thèmes-64, 1981)
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1. Nf3! [2. Qg4#]
1. ... Rg6 2. Qe5#
1. ... Rxe4 2. Qf7#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Bxc2#
1. ... Ngxe4 2. Nd4#
1. ... Qxe4 2. Qg5#
1. ... Ndxe4 2. Nxh4#
Date added: 16/7/2022
2251
(Piotr Stepanovich Mussuri - «64» 1st Prize, 15 Oct 1935)
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1. f3! [2. Be4#]
1. ... Bb7 2. Be6#
1. ... Re8 2. Rf6#
1. ... Nd6 2. Nxd6#
1. ... Nc3 2. Nd4#
1. ... Rh4 2. Rg5#
1. ... Qb1 2. Qe5#
1. ... Ng3 2. Nxg3#
1. ... Nd2 2. Ne3#
Date added: 16/7/2022
2252
(Jan Valuska - Banská Bystrica (BABY), 1963)
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1. Qb1! waiting
1. ... Nd7/h7/e6/g6 2. N(x)d7#
1. ... axb4 2. Qxb4#
1. ... d4 2. Rc4#
1. ... e4 2. Bd4#
compare to #2253
Date added: 17/7/2022
2253
(Jan Valuska - Banská Bystrica (BABY), 1963)
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1. Qh5! waiting
1. ... Nd7/h7/e6/g6 2. N(x)d7#
1. ... d4 2. exd4#
1. ... e4 2. Nxe4#
compare to #2252
Date added: 17/7/2022
2254
(Milos Marysko - Tidskrift för Schack, Feb 1972)
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1. Qd3! [2. Bb3#]
1. ... c5 2. Rd6#
1. ... Ke6 2. d5#
1. ... Nc2 2. Qb3#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2255
(Fritz Karge - Europa Rochade, Nov 1990)
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1. Qe7! [2. Qf6#]
1. ... Rd5 2. Ne6#
1. ... Rd6 2. Qe5#
1. ... Re5/e6/xe7 2. Nd3#
1. ... Ng3 2. fxg3#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2256
(Alfred Figdor - Chess World Meredith Tourney 2nd Comm., 1946 )
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1. Ne5! [2. Nc4#]
1. ... Kxd5, Qxd5/d7 2. R(x)d7#
1. ... Qxe5 2. Bxe5#
1. ... Qc8 2. Nf7#
1. ... Nd2 2. Bc5#
Date added: 17/7/2022