White to play and checkmate in two moves
2257
(Rashid Rifovich Usmanov - Русская газета , 60 лет Победы 2nd HM, 2005)
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1. Qh1! [2. Ned6#]
1. ... Kf5 2. Ne3#
1. ... Kd5 2. Nf6#
1. ... Kf7, Re1/xh1 2. Ncd6#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2258
(Abdelaziz Onkoud - L'Italia Scacchistica
Comm., 2006-2007, Dec 2007)
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1. Ne3! [2. Bd5#]
1. ... cxd4 2. Bd3#
1. ... Bf7/xe8 2. Qf3#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2259
(Vladimir Vladimirovich Kozhakin - Problem Paradise, 2000)
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1. Qe6! waiting
1. ... Kh4 2. Qg4#
1. ... Kxf4 2. Qe3#
1. ... Kh6 2. Qxg6#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2260
(Erio Salardini - Шахматы в СССР, 1933)
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1. Nd4! [2. Nfe2#]
1. ... Nxe6 2. Nfxe6#
1. ... Ne4 2. Nd5#
1. ... d2 2. Nxc2#
1. ... Kd2 2. Nfe2#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Qxc5#
1. ... f1=Q/R 2. Nf5#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2261
(Adolph Jay Fink - The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 22 Mar 1914)
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1. Qf5! [2. Rc5#]
1. ... Nd7 2. Qxd7#
1. ... Qxc8 2. Qxc8#
1. ... Qxf5 2. Nxe7#
1. ... Be6 2. Qxe6#
1. ... Bxd5 2. Ba4#
1. ... e6 2. Rc7#
1. ... Rxa7+ 2. Nxa7#
1. ... e3 2. Qc2#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2262
(Emilian Dobrescu - Revista de Şah, 1953)
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1. Rf5! [2. Qf3#]
1. ... Rc4/b4/a4/d6/d7/d8/d2/d1 2. Re5#
1. ... Rd5 2. Rf4#
1. ... Rd3 2. Qe5#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2263
(Roman Fedorowitsch - Die Schwalbe, Aug 1992)
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1. Ne5! waiting
1. ... dxe5 2. e7#
1. ... d5 2. Nd7#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qd4#
1. ... f3 2. Ng4#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2264
(Arthur M. Sparke - The Brisbane Courier Comm., 1918-1919, 16 Nov 1918 )
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1. Qh5! [2. Qf3#]
1. ... g4 2. Nc5#
1. ... Bg3 2. Nxg5#
1. ... Rg3 2. Nxf2#
1. ... Rg4, Ng3 2. Q(x)g4#
1. ... Nd2 2. Qe2#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2265
(Edith Elina Helen Baird - Glasgow Weekly Herald, 1889)
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1. Bd2! waiting
1. ... Bf6/xg5/d8/f8 2. Nb3#
1. ... cxd5 2. Nf3#
1. ... dxc5 2. Nxc6#
1. ... f4 2. Ne6#
1. ... Kxc5 2. Be3#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qh8#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2266
(Kurt Sohnemann - Die Schwalbe - 85. TT, Jun 1948)
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1. Qf4! waiting
1. ... Qxd6, Nxf7/g6/g4/d3/f3, Nxd6 2. Bb6#
1. ... Qd4/d3/xc4, Nxc4, Nf6/g5/c3/g3/d2/f2 2. Nb7#
1. ... Qd2/d1 2. Nb7/xe4#
1. ... Qe6/xf7 2. Qe3#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2267
(Semjon Shifrin - Israel Ring Tourney 4th Comm. Variantim, Dec 2016)
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1. Nxc6! [2. Nb7#]
1. ... Nxd6 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Nxc6 2. Rb5#
1. ... Kxc6 2. Rc7#
1. ... dxc4 2. Ne4#
Date added: 17/7/2022
2268
(Christian Georg Christensen - Wiener Hausfrauen-Zeitung, 4 Dec 1892)
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1. Rc4! waiting
1. ... dxc6 2. Qg8#
1. ... Kxc4 2. Qd4#
1. ... Kxc6 2. Qa8#
1. ... Ke6 2. Qe5#
Date added: 18/7/2022