White to play and checkmate in two moves
2341
(Eduardo Daniel Kelly - The Chess Bouquet, 1897)
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1. Rd6! waiting
1. ... exd6 2. Qh7#
1. ... e5 2. Nh6#
1. ... Bc3/d2/e1/a3/a5/c5/xd6 2. Qb1#
1. ... f3 2. Qxf3#
Date added: 28/7/2022
2342
(Gerhard Wolfgang Jensch - problem (Zagreb), 1955)
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1. Qh1! [2. Qxe4#]
1. ... Bf5 2. Qd1#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qh5#
1. ... Kc6 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 28/7/2022
2343
(Laszlo Talaber - Pestmegyei Sakkszövetseg 1st Prize, 1965)
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1. Nb5! [2. Qxe6#]
1. ... Nd8/f8/c7/g7/xc5/g5/f4, Kc4 2. Nb6#
1. ... N6xd4 2. Nc7#
1. ... Ke4 2. Qxe6#
1. ... N2xd4 2. Nxc3#
1. ... N2f4/xg3/c1/g1 2. Qb7#
Date added: 28/7/2022
2344
(Heinpeter Flügge - Deutsche Schachzeitung, Nov 1973)
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1. Kh7! waiting
1. ... Bxh4/f4 2. Q(x)f4#
1. ... Be3/f6 2. N(x)e3#
1. ... Bd2, d2, Qa6/f2/b3/c4/d5, Ne2 2. N(x)f2#
1. ... Rxh4 2. Rg3#
1. ... e3 2. Qf3#
1. ... Qa3/a4/a5/a8/a1/b1 2. Qxe6, Nf2#
1. ... Qa7/b2/c2/d2/e2/xg2, Nb3 2. Qxe6#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2345
(Henri Gerard Marie Weenink - Tijdschrift van den Nederlandschen Schaakbond 2nd HM, 1917)
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1. Qe7! waiting
1. ... Qd8/c8/b8/a8/f8/g8/d7 2. Qe4, g5#
1. ... Qh8/f7/g6/xh5 2. Qe4#
1. ... Qxe7 2. g5#
1. ... c5 2. Ra3#
1. ... Be5 2. Qa3#
1. ... Bc5/b4/xe7, Re5 2. Rxf4#
1. ... Ba3 2. Rxf4, Rxa3#
1. ... Rc5/b5/a5/xf5 2. Rd3#
1. ... Rxd4 2. Nxd4#
compare to #2346
Date added: 29/7/2022
2346
(Henri Gerard Marie Weenink - Tijdschrift van den Nederlandschen Schaakbond, 1917)
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1. Ng1!+
1. ... Ke3 2. Re2#
compare to #2345
Date added: 29/7/2022
2347
(Jozef Lozek - Šachová skladba, Oct 2012)
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1. Bb1! [2. Ra4#]
1. ... Rd3 2. cxd3#
1. ... Rc3 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Rb3 2. cxb3#
1. ... Ra3 2. c3#
1. ... Rg5 2. c4#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2348
(Emil Klemanic - 2nd FIDE World Cup 4th HM, 2011)
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1. Qf2! [2. Bxc6, Nd2#]
1. ... Bxf5 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Bg8 2. Nd2#
1. ... c3 2. Bxc6#
1. ... Rf3 2. Qxf3, Nd2#
1. ... Rxe3 2. Qxe3#
Date added: 29/72022
2349
(Vyacheslav Karlovich Pil'chenko - Московский конкурс 1st-2nd Prize, 2004)
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1. Rf3! [2. Qf4#]
1. ... g5 2. Rf5#
1. ... Bxe6 2. Qd4#
1. ... Re4 2. Qxh8#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2350
(Rosario Notaro & Antonio Piatesi - The Problemist, 1977)
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1. Bc4! [2. Nxd3#]
1. ... Rf7 2. Nc6#
1. ... Rf6 2. Nd7#
1. ... Nxg4 2. dxe6/d6#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2351
(Radu Dragoescu - Revista Romana de Sah, Oct 1976)
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1. Bf8! [2. Bc5#]
1. ... b6 2. Nc6#
1. ... Na6/xe6 2. Rc4#
1. ... Bxd3+ 2. Rxd3#
1. ... Rxd5 2. Nc2#
1. ... Rxe3+ 2. dxe3#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2352
(John Michael Rice - The Problemist, 1995)
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1. Qh1! [2. Bc2, Bd3, Be4, Bf5, Bg6, Bxh7#]
1. ... f5 2. Ba2/c2/d3/e4/xf5#
1. ... Qg7/g6 2. B(x)g6#
1. ... Qf5 2. Bxf5#
1. ... Qe4 2. Bxe4#
1. ... Qd3 2. Bxd3#
1. ... Qc2, c2 2. Bxc2#
1. ... Qxb1 2. Rxb1, Qxb1#
Date added: 29/8/2022