White to play and checkmate in two moves
2329
(Juan Carlos Morra & Joao Batista Santiago - The Jerusalem Post 1st Prize, 1953)
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1. Bc5! [2. Rd6#]
1. ... Bxc5 2. Nc7#
1. ... Bb8 2. Nb6#
1. ... e4 2. Qe6#
1. ... Nc4 2. e4#
1. ... Rxc5 2. Rd8#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2330
(Lennox F. Beach - Good Companion, Mar 1917)
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1. Rb5! waiting
1. ... Bh5/f7/e8, Kf5 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Bf5 2. f4#
1. ... Kd4 2. Qa1#
1. ... Qe3/e2/xe1 2. d4#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2331
(Hrvoje Bartolovic - France-Yugoslavia 6th Prize, 1954-1955, 1955)
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1. Rh5! [2. Rb5#]
1. ... Ra8, Kb7 2. Qxc7#
1. ... Rb7, c5 2. B(x)c5#
1. ... c6 2. Rxc6#
1. ... gxh5/g5 2. Qb1#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2332
(Lars Holger Persson - Tidskrift för Schack, Apr 1943)
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1. Nd4! [2. Qf5#]
1. ... Ne7/e3 2. Ne6#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qf6#
1. ... Ne2+ 2. Ndxe2#
1. ... Bxd3 2. Nxd3#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2333
(YUrij Georgievich Selyavkin - Молодой коммунар, 1988)
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1. Qb3!+
1. ... axb3 2. Ra8#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2334
(Vladimir Grigor'evich Savchenko - Узбекистанский конкурс 2nd Prize, 1951)
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1. Kb5! [2. Qa7#]
1. ... Rf7 2. Ne6#
1. ... Qxd5+ 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Qe7 2. Nf5#
1. ... Nc3+ 2. bxc3#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2335
(Andrzej Trzesowski - The Problemist, 1963)
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1. Qg8! waiting
1. ... Bb5 2. Qg1#
1. ... Bb7/c8, Kb5 2. Qxc4#
1. ... Nc6 2. Qd5, Rd5#
1. ... Nd5/d3/a2/c2 2. Q(x)d5#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2336
(Philippe Robert - The Problemist, 2006)
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1. Kg6! [2. Nf5#]
1. ... Kd4, Nbxd5 2. Nxb5#
1. ... Ncxd5 2. Ne8#
1. ... Nxe4 2. Nxe4#
Date added: 27/7/2022
2337
(Gyorgy Bakcsi - Sakkélet 3rd Prize, 1995)
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1. Qd3! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... Bb6 2. Rd4#
1. ... Bc6 2. Re4#
1. ... e6 2. Nd6#
1. ... Qxf3 2. Qb1#
Date added: 28/7/2022
2338
(Lajos Riczu - De Waarheid, 1962)
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1. N6xf4! [2. Nd3#]
1. ... d5 2. Bc7#
1. ... f5 2. Qe6#
1. ... Nd4/a3/e3/a1/e1 2. B(x)d4#
Date added: 28/7/2022
2339
(Juan Eduardo Loedel - The Brisbane Courier, 25 Oct 1919)
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1. Nf6! [2. Ng4, Nb5#]
1. ... Bxc5, Rb4/b3/xb2, d5, Rd1/c1/b1/e2/e3/e4 2. Ng4#
1. ... dxc5, Be2/b5+/h3 2. N(x)b5#
1. ... Kxf6+ 2. Nce4#
Date added: 28/7/2022
2340
(Terence C. Gallery - Belfast Newsletter, 1946)
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1. Qb1! [2. Qb7#]
1. ... c3 2. Qd3#
1. ... Rb2 2. Qf5#
1. ... Bb2 2. Qh1#
Date added: 28/7/2022