White to play and checkmate in two moves
2317
(Norman Martin Gibbins - British Chess Magazine, 1913)
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1. Be3! waiting
1. ... b4 2. Rxc4#
1. ... Qe5 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Qf5 2. Rxf5#
1. ... Qg5+ 2. Rxg5#
1. ... Qxh5+ 2. Qxh5#
1. ... Rc3 2. Rxc3#
1. ... Rxc2 2. Qxc2#
1. ... dxe3+ 2. d4#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2318
(Johannes van Dijk - De Maasbode, 1954)
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1. Nxe4! [2. Rg5#]
1. ... Nxe6 2. Rxe6#
1. ... Rxg4 2. h8=N#
1. ... Rh5 2. gxh5#
1. ... Nf3 2. Nc3#
1. ... Bxe4 2. Bxe4#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2319
(Emil Palkoska - Národní politika, 1915)
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1. Kh7! waiting
1. ... g2 2. Qe2/b1#
1. ... Qf3/f4/xf8 2. Qe2#
1. ... Qf5+ 2. Rxf5#
1. ... Qf6 2. Rxf6, Qe2#
1. ... Qf7+ 2. Rxf7#
1. ... Rg2 2. Qb1#
1. ... Rh1+ 2. Qxh1#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2320
(Pierre Hani - Le Miroir du Monde, 1937)
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1. Be5! [2. Bxg7#]
1. ... Na4 2. Qa8#
1. ... Nc4 2. Rc8#
1. ... Nd3 2. Nxg6#
1. ... Nd1 2. Bg2#
1. ... Rxe5 2. Bf1#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2321
(Lennart Larsson - Tidskrift för Schack, Sep 1942)
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1. Bf4! [2. Qe3#]
1. ... Bd4 2. Qg6#
1. ... d4 2. Qc6#
1. ... Nfd4 2. Ndc5#
1. ... Ned4 2. Nbc5#
1. ... Nxf4 2. Rxf4#
1. ... Qc1 2. Nxf2#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2322
(Joseph C. J. Wainwright - The Pittsburgh Gazette Times, 23 Apr 1911)
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1. Rd7! waiting
1. ... e6 2. dxe6/d6#
1. ... Be6 2. dxe6#
1. ... Bxd5 2. Qxg6/xd5#
1. ... Be8 2. d6#
1. ... Bg8 2. Qxg6#
1. ... Rxc4 2. Qxc4#
1. ... f3+ 2. exf3#
1. ... Na3/c3/d2 2. N(x)c3#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2323
(Vyacheslav Pavlovich Antipov - Шах-ВВ (Боровичи), 1998)
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1. Qa1! waiting
1. ... Kd3 2. Qa6#
1. ... Kb3/d5 2. Qa2#
1. ... Kb5 2. Nd6#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2324
(C.V. Weilbach - Skakbladet Nr. 7, Jan 1909)
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1. Nc2! [2. Ne3#]
1. ... Kc4, Ne4 2. Qg8#
1. ... Nc4 2. e4#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2325
(David Murray Davey - The Tablet, 4 Oct 1947)
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1. Ra3! [2. Qxa4#]
1. ... b5, Kxa3 2. Qc3#
1. ... Nxb8/c7/c5 2. Q(x)c5#
1. ... Ka5 2. Rxa4#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2326
(Eigil Pedersen & J.P. Pedersen - Skakbladet, Nov 1937)
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1. Qb4! [2. Qc5#]
1. ... Bf7 2. Nf5#
1. ... Re1 2. Qxd2#
1. ... Ne4 2. Ng4#
Date added: 26/7/2022
2327
(Roman Fedorovich Zalokoc'kij - FIDE Olympic Tourney Special Prize, 2006)
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1. Rb4! waiting
1. ... Nb3/d3/a2/xe2 2. Q(x)b3#
1. ... Nc3/e3/b2/f2 2. Q(x)b2#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2328
(Sandor Boros - British Chess Federation 7th Tourney Comm., 1931-1932, 1931)
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1. Qh8! [2. Qf8#]
1. ... Nd7 2. c8=N#
1. ... Qf7/g8 2. exd6#
1. ... Ne6 2. g8=N#
Date added: 27/7/2022