White to play and checkmate in two moves
2389
(Mihail I. Stan - Romanian National Ty. 1st Prize, 1939)
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1. Qg6! [2. Qg3#]
1. ... d6 2. Nd5#
1. ... Qe4 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Ke3 2. Qd3#
1. ... f1=N 2. Ng4#
1. ... Ne2 2. Rd3#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2390
(James Alfred Tanner - Good Companion, Nov 1915)
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1. Nc5! waiting
1. ... Bc7/xd8 2. Rxa6#
1. ... Rxc5 2. Bxb6#
1. ... Rb4, Bc4/e6/f7/g8 2. Nb7#
1. ... Be4/f3/g2/h1/c6/a8 2. Nxb3#
1. ... Bb7 2. Nxb7/xb3#
1. ... Ne6/g6/xh5/xd3/h3/e2/g2 2. Ra4#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2391
(Adrian V. Berkel - The Brisbane Courier
Comm., 18 Aug 1917)
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1. Kd2! waiting
1. ... exd6 2. Nef6#
1. ... e6, Ke4 2. Bc6#
1. ... e5 2. Ngf6#
1. ... Rf7/g8 2. Qe5#
1. ... Bg8 2. Qh1#
1. ... d3 2. e4#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2392
(Vitalij Semionovich Kovalenko - Матч Приморье - Молдавия 5th-6th Place, 1971)
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1. Rb8!+
1. ... Kc4 2. Qa6#
1. ... Kc6 2. Qa4#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2393
(Aleksandr N. Lebedev - матч Москва-Ленинград 2nd Place, 1933)
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1. Re1! [2. Nd3#]
1. ... Rc8 2. Qxe6#
1. ... Nbxc5 2. Ng3#
1. ... Nexc5 2. Nf6#
1. ... Kd5 2. Nxe6#
1. ... Kf5 2. Nxb7#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2394
(Pavel Aleksandrovich Murashiov - Pat a Mat, 2012)
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1. Qc8! waiting
1. ... Kf3/d5 2. Qc6#
1. ... Kxd3 2. Qc2#
1. ... Kf5 2. Nec5#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2395
(Ottavio Stocchi - Népszava 2nd Place, 7 Jan 1940)
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1. Qb7! [2. Qxc6#]
1. ... Na8/xc8/d7/a4, Kd5 2. Rf5#
1. ... Nd5 2. cxd3#
1. ... c5 2. Nd6#
1. ... Rb5 2. Rf4#
1. ... Kc5/b5 2. Qxc6#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2396
(Ulrich Otto Ferdinand Auhagen - Die Schwalbe, 1982)
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1. Qh8! [2. Qh1#]
1. ... c1=Q/R/B/N 2. Ne3#
1. ... Kc1 2. Qa1#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2397
(Viktor Führer - Memorial Schiffmann (R. R. de Sah), Mar 1931)
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1. Bc5! [2. Nd2#]
1. ... Na7+ 2. Bxa7#
1. ... Nd6+ 2. Bxd6#
1. ... Nxd4 2. Bxd4#
1. ... Na3 2. Bxa3#
1. ... Kc4 2. Nd2#
1. ... Rc2/b2/xa2 2. g8=Q/B#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2398
(Robert A. Lincoln - Алёна Кожакина - 25
Comm., for miniatures, 2016-2017
Кудесник, 2017)
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1. Rg7! [2. Ra7#]
1. ... Rg8/h7/xh2 2. R(x)g8#
Date added: 2/8/2022
2399
(Maximilian Feigl - L'Alfiere di Re, 1922)
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1. Rc2! [2. d4#]
1. ... R8f5, Bxh5, Nf5, R3f5 2. Nxe6#
1. ... R8f4, R3f4 2. Rxe5#
1. ... c3 2. Rxc3#
1. ... Bf5 2. Bxf8#
1. ... Rxe3 2. Bxe3#
1. ... Nb3/d3/e2 2. N(x)b3#
Date added: 3/8/2022
2400
(John Frederick Keeble - The Chess Bouquet, 1878)
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1. Re8! waiting
1. ... dxe6 2. Qc5#
1. ... d6 2. Qe3#
1. ... d5 2. Bd7#
1. ... f5 2. Bc4#
1. ... Bc4/a4/c6 2. N(x)c4#
1. ... Bxd3+ 2. exd3#
1. ... g4 2. Bf4#
1. ... Nb4/c3+/c1 2. B(x)c3#
Date added: 3/8/2022