White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 2293 to 2304

2293

(John Michael Rice - PCCC, Tel Aviv, TT 1st Prize, 1996)

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1. Bxe4! [2. Kf5#]
1. ... Qf8/g8 2. Nf5#
1. ... Qxe7+ 2. Kxe7#
1. ... Nxf7 2. Kxf7#
1. ... Ng6 2. Kxg6#
1. ... dxe6 2. Kxe6#
1. ... Bg3 2. Nf3#
1. ... Bxg5+ 2. Kxg5#
1. ... Nd3 2. Rxd3#

Date added: 21/7/2022

2294

(Erik Daniel Svedberg - Schackvärlden, 1928)

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1. Re4! [2. Qe6#]
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qf4#
1. ... Rxg6 2. Qe5#
1. ... Rg4 2. Re5#
1. ... Qxe4 2. Ne3#
1. ... Qa6 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Nd4 2. Rf4#

Date added: 21/7/2022

2295

(Gyorgy Janos Andor von Sponer - Deutsches Wochenschach, 1908)

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1. Bb3! waiting
1. ... Nd8/h8/xd6/h6 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Kf6 2. Qf2#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Bc2#
1. ... g4 2. Rf4#

Date added: 21/7/2022

2296

(Evgenij Nikolaevich Permyakov - TT 2nd-3rd Comm. Вечiрнiй Харкiв, 1988)

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1. Rg7! [2. Nf4#]
1. ... Kf5 2. N6c5#
1. ... Kh5 2. Nf6#

Date added: 24/7/2022

2297

(Lars Larsen - Sächsische Zeitung, 13 Sep 1997)

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1. Rd3! [2. e4#]
1. ... Bxc6 2. Kxc6#
1. ... Nd6 2. Kxd6#
1. ... Qxc4+ 2. Kxc4#
1. ... Qxe2 2. Rf3#
1. ... Qxd3 2. Ne3#

Date added: 24/7/2022

2298

(Jorge Marcelo Kapros - Juan Zaldo memorial 4th Comm. Problemas, Jan 2019)

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1. Qg5! [2. Qxf4#]
1. ... Rxg5 2. Nxg5#
1. ... Ng6 2. Qxh5#
1. ... Rd4, Bd2 2. N(x)d4#

Date added: 24/7/2022

2299

(Ion Glodeanu - Buletin Problemistic, 1973)

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1. Kf5! [2. Ne5#]
1. ... Bxf2 2. Nxf4#
1. ... Bd2 2. Rc1#
1. ... Nc4 2. Rxa2#

Date added: 24/7/2022

2300

(Michael Lipton - The Problemist, 2011)

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1. Qxb4! [2. Qe4#]
1. ... Bd4/a5 2. Qb7/b8#
1. ... Qe1 2. Re3#
1. ... Qc1 2. Rc3#
1. ... Qb1 2. Rd3#
1. ... Qxa1 2. Rfa3#
1. ... Qh3+ 2. Rxh3#
1. ... Qh4 2. Rf4#
1. ... Qh6 2. Rf6#
1. ... Qh7 2. Rf5#
1. ... Qh8+ 2. Rf8#

Date added: 24/7/2022

2301

(Oleksandr IIvanovich Zayizhdzhaj - Проблемист Прибужья, 13 Nov 1990 )

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1. Nc3! waiting
1. ... Na8/xc8/d7/d5/a4/c4 2. R(x)a4#
1. ... c4 2. Qf8#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qg4#
1. ... Kxa3 2. Qxc5#

Date added: 24/7/2022

2302

(Charles Edward Kemp - All Change Here, 1918)

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1. Qa8! waiting
1. ... Bc7 2. Qh8#
1. ... exf5 2. Qd5#
1. ... bxc4 2. Nxc4#
1. ... Bb3/c2/d1 2. Qa1#
1. ... Rxd2/e3 2. R(x)e3#
1. ... Re4 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Nd3/f3/c2/g2 2. N(x)f3#

Date added: 24/7/2022

2303

(Heinrich Freistedt - Schach-Echo, Feb 1941)

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1. Bb2! [2. Nd4#]
1. ... Nd7/c6/g6/c4/d3/f3 2. B(x)g6#
1. ... Nf7 2. Bd7#
1. ... Ng4 2. Ng3#

Date added: 25/7/2022

2304

(Andris Virtmanis - Problem 91-94, Apr 1964)

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1. c5! [2. Re5, Rd4#]
1. ... Ne6/b5, Bxc5, Ra4 2. Re5#
1. ... Nd7/g4, Rxc5 2. Rd4#

compare to #2
305, 2306

Date added: 25/7/2022