White to play and checkmate in two moves
2269
(Reginald Bancroft Cooke - The Illustrated London News, 1929)
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1. Bc1! [2. Qg6#]
1. ... Be6 2. Qxe6#
1. ... Nf8/f6/g5 2. R(x)g5#
1. ... Bd4 2. Nxd4#
1. ... Bf6 2. Qb1#
1. ... Ng4 2. Ng3#
Date added: 18/7/2022
2270
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Good Companion, 1917)
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1. bxc5! [2. Kd4#]
1. ... Qe8 2. Rf6#
1. ... Qc8 2. Qf7, Re3#
1. ... Qb8 2. Qf7, Rf6/e3#
1. ... Qa8 2. Rf6/e3#
1. ... Qh8/g7/g6/h7 2. Re3#
1. ... Qf7 2. Qxf7#
1. ... Qxe6+ 2. Kxe6#
1. ... bxc5 2. Kxc5#
1. ... g3 2. Ke5#
1. ... Bxc4+ 2. Kxc4#
1. ... Nb3 2. Rc3#
Date added: 18/7/2022
2271
(Zelikas Kolodnas - Magyar Sakkvilag, Dec 1933)
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1. Qh8! [2. Ne6#]
1. ... Bxg7 2. Qxg7#
1. ... Kc3 2. Nb1#
1. ... Ke5 2. Bf6#
Date added: 18/7/2022
2272
(Petko Andonov Petkov - Шахматна мисъл 1st Prize, 1977)
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1. Qc6! [2. Qc4#]
1. ... b5 2. Qc5#
1. ... Nc7 2. Be5#
1. ... Nde7/f6/xb4/e3 2. Ne6#
1. ... Nf4 2. Nxf5#
1. ... Bf1 2. Qxd5#
Date added: 18/7/2022
2273
(Andreas Schönholzer - Idee & Form, Jan 2008)
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1. Rd8! [2. Rxd6#]
1. ... fxe5 2. Ne7#
1. ... Ra6 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Rxe5 2. Nf4#
Date added: 18/7/2022
2274
(George Edward Carpenter - Chess Problems, 1886)
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1. Bd1! waiting
1. ... Kc4 2. Qe4#
1. ... Kxd3 2. Qd5#
Date added: 18/7/2022
2275
(Mikola Vasil'ovich CHernyavs'kij - British Chess Problem Society 1st HM The Problemist, May 2017)
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1. Ke4! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... b3 2. Rc6#
1. ... Kb3 2. Qa2#
compare to #2276
Date added: 19/7/2022
2276
(Mikola Vasil'ovich CHernyavs'kij - British Chess Problem Society 1st HM The Problemist, May 2017)
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1. Qc7!+
1. ... Kb4/b3 2. Qc3#
1. ... Kd5 2. Rxd6#
compare to #2275
Date added: 19/7/2022
2277
(Lev Il'ich Loshinskij - Swerdlowsker Turnier 1st Prize, 1940)
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1. Qa4! [2. Bd6#]
1. ... Kxe4 2. Bc3#
1. ... fxe4 2. Qa5#
1. ... Rxe4 2. b8=Q/B#
1. ... Nxe4 2. Nc6#
1. ... Bxe4 2. Qxa1#
1. ... Bd4 2. Re7#
1. ... Qxe4 2. h8=Q/B#
Date added: 19/7/2022
2278
(Mihajlo Nazarovich Marandyuk - Смена (Москва) 2nd-3rd Prize, Nov 2001)
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1. Qf8! waiting
1. ... Kc4 2. Qb4#
1. ... Ke3 2. Qf2#
1. ... Kc3 2. Qc5#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qf6#
Date added: 19/7/2022
2279
(Frank Robinson - The Brisbane Courier, 29 Apr 1916)
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1. Qe1! waiting
1. ... Nc7/b6 2. B(x)b6#
1. ... bxa3/b3 2. Qc3#
1. ... Ke3 2. Nc2#
1. ... e3 2. Qxb4#
1. ... Ne6/g6/d5/h5/h3/xe2/g2 2. Qd2#
1. ... Nd3 2. e3#
Date added: 19/7/2022
2280
(Renato Carlos - Tijdschrift van den Koninklijken Nederlandschen Schaakbond, 1936)
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1. Nf4! [2. b7#]
1. ... cxd3 2. Nf5#
1. ... Ke3 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Kc5 2. Rxc4#
1. ... Bxf4 2. Nge6, Rxc4#
Date added: 19/7/2022