White to play and checkmate in two moves
2365
(Arthur Goodwin Stubbs - Good Companion, 1922)
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1. Qxf4! [2. Bxd6#]
1. ... e5 2. Qxc4#
1. ... Be5 2. Bxe5#
1. ... Bxf4+ 2. Bxf4#
1. ... Bxc7 2. Rxc7, Qxc7#
1. ... Re5 2. Qd4#
1. ... Ne5 2. Qb4#
Date added: 30/7/2022
2366
(Hrvoje Bartolovic - Sinfonie Scacchistiche, Jan 1970)
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1. Nxe4! [2. Re7#]
1. ... dxe4 2. Nc4#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Re7#
1. ... fxe4 2. Bd4#
1. ... Rxe4 2. gxh8=Q/B#
1. ... Ncxe4 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Ngxe4 2. Rxf5#
1. ... Qxe4 2. Qb8#
Date added: 30/7/2022
2367
(Halvar Hermanson - Lud 3rd Prize, 5 Aug 1964)
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1. Qh4! [2. Qe4#]
1. ... d5, Ke7 2. Qxf6#
1. ... Kf5 2. Qg4#
1. ... Kd5 2. Qc4#
1. ... f5 2. Nc7#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2368
(YUrij Grigor'evich Gorbatenko - Командное первенство России 4th-5th Place, 2009)
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1. Bc3! [2. Qb3#]
1. ... Nb5 2. Qc6#
1. ... Bxc3 2. Qd5#
1. ... a4 2. Qb4#
1. ... Kxc3 2. Nb5#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2369
(Roman Fedorovich Zalokoc'kij & Vitalij IIvanovich Aks'onov - Козацька шахівниця 2nd Comm., 2006)
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1. Qxd4! [2. Qf2, Qg1#]
1. ... Rxd4 2. Rxf6#
1. ... Ne3 2. Nxe3#
1. ... e3 2. Qf4#
1. ... hxg3 2. Qg1# 1. ... h2 2. Qf2#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Rxb1#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2370
(Vladimir MihajlovichArchakov & YUrij Mihajlovich Antonov & Georgij Ivanovich Kizilov - Olympia-Turnier 1st Prize, 1975)
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1. Nf5! waiting
1. ... exf5/e5 2. Qf7#
1. ... Bd4/b6/a7, Rc3/xb3/d4/d2/d1, Nd4/a3/a1/e1 2. Ne7#
1. ... Kc4 2. Nxe3#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2371
(Ottavio Stocchi - TT 4th Prize, ex aequo Caissa, 1947)
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1. Ne3! [2. Qc4#]
1. ... Nbc5 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Ndc5 2. Qg7#
1. ... Ne5, b5 2. Nf5#
1. ... Bxf4/xc7 2. bxa5#
1. ... Bc5 2. Qe5#
1. ... Rc5 2. bxc5#
1. ... Rxd2 2. Qxc3#
1. ... Ba2 2. Nc2#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2372
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Caissa, 1941)
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1. Ne7! [2. Ng4#]
1. ... Be4 2. Qh8#
1. ... Ke4 2. Nc2#
1. ... Kf6 2. Rxe6#
1. ... Nge4 2. Nxc6#
1. ... Bg3/h2/xe3 2. Qd4#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2373
(Karel Husak - Ruch, 1947)
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1. Bf6! [2. d7#]
1. ... Rxf6 2. Nxg7#
1. ... Nb6/xf6 2. Nc7#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2374
(Vasil' YUrijovich Markovcij - Проблемист Прибужья, 1992)
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1. Rh5! waiting
1. ... Bb3 2. Bc4#
1. ... Bc2 2. Bd3#
1. ... Bd1 2. Be2#
1. ... Bxb5 2. Qxb5#
1. ... b3 2. Qd2#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2375
(Rafael' Moiseevich Kofman - Dzień Polski Comm. Dzień Polski, 1932)
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1. Nb2! [2. Nxc4#]
1. ... Ne5 2. Ne4#
1. ... Rxc5+ 2. Bxc5#
1. ... Ra4, Bb5 2. Nc(x)a4#
1. ... Bd5 2. Nb7#
1. ... Bxe6 2. Qxe6#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2376
(Rainer Paslack - Springaren 1st-2nd Comm., Jun 1994)
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1. Rd6! [2. Ng4#]
1. ... Nf7 2. Re6#
1. ... Qd1 2. Nc4#
1. ... Rb2/xg3 2. Nd7#
Date added: 31/7/2022