White to play and checkmate in two moves
2377
(Friedrich Amandus Leopold Kuskop - The Sydney Morning Herald 1st Prize, 1911)
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1. Bd5! [2. Qxh5#]
1. ... Qxd5+/d4+/e3/xf2 2. N(x)d4#
1. ... Kxd5, Rf5 2. Nc7#
1. ... Kf5 2. Ng7#
1. ... Rg5/h6/h7/xh8/h4/xh3 2. R(x)g5#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2378
(Frederick E. Gamage - Hochberg MT 1st Prize, 1941)
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1. Qd5! [2. Rxf4#]
1. ... dxe5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Rxe4 2. Qxe4, Bxe4#
1. ... Nxd5/d3 2. Ng3#
1. ... Bg1+/e1+/e3+/c5+/b6+/a7+/g3+/h4+ 2. Bb2#
1. ... Bd4+ 2. Re2#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2379
(René Van Dooren - The Problemist, Sep 1990)
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1. Nd3! [2. Nxf3#]
1. ... Nxe6 2. Nxe6#
1. ... Ne4, Kd2 2. N(x)e4#
1. ... Nxd3 2. Rxd3#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Qxc5#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2380
(Johann Christoffel van Gool - Probleemblad, 1977)
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1. Bf6! waiting
1. ... Kg4 2. Qc8#
1. ... Ke4 2. Qh7#
1. ... Ke6 2. Bh3#
1. ... Kg6 2. Bd3#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2381
(Comins Mansfield - To Mat 1st HM, ex aequo, 1963)
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1. Ne6! [2. Qf3#]
1. ... Rd3 2. Bf3#
1. ... Nxg5 2. Nxg5#
1. ... Bd4 2. Nxd4#
1. ... Bd6 2. Qd4#
1. ... Bc7/b8 2. N(x)c7#
1. ... Bf6 2. Qxf4#
1. ... Bg7/h8 2. N(x)g7#
1. ... f3 2. Qe3#
1. ... Qxe2 2. Qxe2#
1. ... Qxc4+ 2. Bxc4#
1. ... Nd2 2. Bf1#
Date added: 31/7/2022
2382
(Octave H. Chatillon - La Presse, 1897)
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1. Qg5! waiting
1. ... Kxd6 2. Qd8#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Qd2#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2383
(David M. Howard - Problem Observer, 2004)
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1. Qg5! waiting
1. ... b6/b5 2. Nc6#
1. ... f6 2. Qe3#
1. ... cxd4 2. f4#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Qf6#
1. ... Na4/d1 2. Qxf5, Nc6/f3, f4#
1. ... Nxc4/xd3 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Nf3/h3/e2 2. N(x)f3#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2384
(Alberto Armeni - Problem Observer 2nd-3rd HM, 1990)
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1. c7! [2. Rc5, Rb5, Ra5, Rd6, Rd7, Rxd8, Re5, Rf5, Rg5, Rd4, Rd3, Rd2, Rd1#]
1. ... Kb7, Bxc7 2. Rb5#
1. ... Ne7/b6 2. Rxd8#
1. ... Nd6 2. Rxd6#
1. ... Qg8/g7 2. Rg5#
1. ... Qf8/h7/f6 2. Rf5#
1. ... Qe8 2. Rd7#
1. ... Qxh5 2. Rxh5#
1. ... Qe5, e5 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Qd4, Nd4 2. Rxd4#
1. ... Qxc3 2. Rd3#
1. ... exd5 2. Bxd5#
1. ... Na5 2. Rxa5#
1. ... Nc5 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Nd2 2. Rxd2#
1. ... c1=Q/R 2. Rd1#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2385
(YUrij Nikolaevich Vahlakov & Gennadij Matveevich Svyatov - Бюллетень ЦШК СССР 3rd HM, 1973)
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1. Nc7! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... Ne5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Nf4 2. Qh8#
1. ... Nc3 2. Qf2#
1. ... Ne3 2. Qb2#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2386
(Nic. Ciomaga - Revista de Sah, Mar 1954)
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1. Rg5! [2. Rxd4#]
1. ... Bd5, Nc6 2. B(x)d5#
1. ... Nxe6/b5/b3/c2/e2 2. Re5#
1. ... Nf5 2. Rg4#
1. ... Nf3 2. Bxd3#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2387
(Jozef Mudroncek - Pravda (Bratislava), 4 Oct 1996)
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1. c3! waiting
1. ... e5 2. Bf7#
1. ... b4 2. c4#
1. ... e3 2. Bf3#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2388
(Mihail I. Stan - Parallèle 50 5th HM, October-December, 1947)
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1. Bf2! [2. Nc5#]
1. ... Ncd4 2. Qe5#
1. ... d4 2. Qxc6#
1. ... Bd4 2. cxd3#
1. ... Bxf6+ 2. Ngxf6#
1. ... Rd4 2. Qf3#
1. ... Ned4 2. Qf4#
Date added: 2/8/2022