White to play and checkmate in two moves
2353
(Andrzej Trzesowski - Le Probleme, 1962)
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1. Qe7! [2. Qxg5#]
1. ... Bf4 2. Ng7#
1. ... Rg8/f6, Nf7 2. Q(x)f6#
1. ... Kf4 2. Rf3#
1. ... Ne4 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2354
(Petro Andrijovich Novic'kij & Mikola Vasil'ovich CHernyavs'kij - МК С.Шедей 4th Comm., 2014)
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1. Kd7! [2. Nc6, Bxg7#]
1. ... Rxd6+ 2. Bxd6#
1. ... Nxe4 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2355
(Jozsef zoghy & Ferenc Bohm - Munkássakk, 1939)
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1. Qxg3! [2. Rc2, Qxf2#]
1. ... Bc2/d1, f1=Q/R/B 2. R(x)c2#
1. ... Qd4+ 2. Rc5#
1. ... Qd6+ 2. Rc6#
1. ... Qxd8+ 2. Rc7#
1. ... Ke2/e1 2. Qxf2#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2356
(Visvaldis M. Veders - Конкурс Узбекского КФС Commendation, 1948)
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1. Ne5! [2. Nc6#]
1. ... Bxe5+ 2. Ne6#
1. ... Bc7+/b8+ 2. Nfg6#
1. ... Nb6+/a5+/a3+/b2+ 2. Nfd3#
1. ... Nxe5+ 2. Ne2#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qc3#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2357
(Fedir Mihajlovich Kapustin & Evgenij Nikolaevich Permyakov - M.Garcia-70 JT Special HM, 2018)
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1. Qxb7! [2. Qxa8#]
1. ... Rb8 2. Qxb8#
1. ... Rc8 2. Qxc8#
1. ... Rd8 2. Qf7#
1. ... Kd8 2. Qxa8#
1. ... Nd7/xe6 2. Q(x)d7#
1. ... Ne7 2. Qxe7#
compare to #2357
Date added: 20/6/2022
2358
(Fedir Mihajlovich Kapustin & Evgenij Nikolaevich Permyakov - M.Garcia-70 JT Special HM, 2018)
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1. e7! [2. exf8=Q, exf8=R#]
1. ... Kd7 2. e8=Q#
1. ... Nd7 2. Qh5#
1. ... Nh7/e6/g6 2. Qb5#
1. ... Nxe7 2. Qxe7#
compare to #2356
Date added: 29/7/2022
2359
(Marjan Kovachevic - 2nd FIDE World Cup 1st Prize, FIDE Chess Composition Yearbook, 2011)
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1. Ne4! [2. Nb6#]
1. ... Qxd5 2. Qa6#
1. ... Bd2+ 2. Nxd2#
1. ... Kb3 2. Ndc3#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2360
(Abdelaziz Onkoud - diagrammes, Jan 2010 )
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1. Qa8! [2. Qd8#]
1. ... Nxc6 2. Ne7#
1. ... Rxc6/xf3 2. Nf6#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2361
(Josef Belschan - Die Schwalbe, Jun 1938)
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1. Ne5! [2. Nf3#]
1. ... Nxe5/g5 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Rxf6 2. Nc6#
1. ... Kxe5+ 2. Nd5#
1. ... Bxe5 2. Rd2#
1. ... Nc3+ 2. Qxc3#
Date added: 29/7/2022
2362
(Robert A. Lincoln - Australian Chess Problem Magazine, 1997)
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1. Nc7! [2. Nb5#]
1. ... c3 2. Qd5#
1. ... Kc3 2. Qd2#
1. ... e3 2. Qxe3#
Date added: 30/7/2022
2363
(Arthur Brück - Revista Romana de Sah, Jan 1947)
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1. Ne6! [2. Rf4#]
1. ... dxe6 2. Bc6#
1. ... fxg5 2. Nxg5, Re5#
1. ... Bc3 2. Qxb7#
1. ... Bd2 2. Qh1#
Date added: 30/7/2022
2364
(James P. Lea - The Illustrated London News, 1880)
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1. Qa7! [2. Qe3, Qf2, e5#]
1. ... Be5, gxh4, g4, Qd1 2. Qe3/f2#
1. ... Bxf4, gxf4, Qc3 2. Qf2#
1. ... Bxa7, f5+, Qxg1 2. e5#
1. ... Qa2/a6 2. Qe3/f2, Nd4/e1#
1. ... Qa3 2. Qxa3/f2, e5, Nd4/e1#
1. ... Qa4/b2/e5 2. Qe3/f2, Ne1#
1. ... Qa5/b1 2. Qe3/f2, Nd4#
1. ... Qxa7 2. Ne1#
1. ... Qc1 2. Qf2, e5, Nd4#
1. ... Qe1/d4 2. Nd4/xe1#
1. ... Qf1 2. Qe3, e5, Nd4#
Date added: 30/7/2022