White to play and checkmate in two moves
2401
(Dumitru C. Ivana, Revista Română de Şah, 1986)
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1. Nd5! [2. Qc6#]
1. ... Ke6 2. Qe7#
1. ... Kc5 2. Qb6#
1. ... Nxd5 2. Rxd5#
Date added: 3/8/2022
2402
(Dumitru C. Ivana, Revista Română de Şah, 1991)
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1. Ne5! [2. Qf6#]
1. ... Nxe5 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Kd6 2. Qd7#
1. ... Kf5 2. Qg6#
Date added: 3/8/2022
2403
(Meindert Niemeijer - Inspanning en ontspanning, 1969)
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1. Qh1! [2. Qxh8#]
1. ... Nd7+ 2. cxd7#
1. ... Nxc6+ 2. Bxc6#
1. ... Nf7+ 2. gxf7#
1. ... Nxg6+ 2. Bxg6#
Date added: 3/8/2022
2404
(Sigmund Herland - Deutsche Schachzeitung, 1908)
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1. Qe2! [2. Qb5#]
1. ... Qg6 2. Bxg6#
1. ... Qxh5+ 2. Qxh5#
1. ... exd5 2. exd5#
Date added: 3/8/2022
2405
(Rashid Garifovich Ponomariov - «64» Shahmaty i shashki 4th HM, 1939-1940, 1940)
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1. Ka4! [2. Bb6#]
1. ... Bd5 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Bb3+ 2. Nxb3#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Ne4#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Bb6#
1. ... Nfxd4 2. Be7#
1. ... Nexd4 2. Nb7#
Date added: 3/8/2022
2406
(Aleksej I. Stachejew - Revista Romana de Sah, Nov 1980)
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1. Be7! [2. Qf6#]
1. ... Qg8+ 2. Ng5# 1. ... Qxh8 2. Qd3/c2, Ne5#
1. ... Qa2+ 2. Nd2#
1. ... Qa1 2. Qd3/c2, Ne1#
1. ... Qxf3+ 2. Rxf3#
1. ... Ne5 2. Qxe5#
Date added: 4/8/2022
2407
(Ilja Mikan - Národní osvobození, 1948)
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1. Qd7! [2. Qg4, Rg4#]
1. ... Rxd8 2. Rg4#
1. ... Rgxg5, Bxg5, Rhxg5 2. Qg4#
1. ... fxg3 2. Qd4#
1. ... Kxg3 2. Ne4#
1. ... Bh3 2. Qxh3, Rxh3#
Date added: 4/8/2022
2408
(Andrzej Trzesowski - Boletim da União Brasileira de Problemistas, 1962)
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1. Qe1! waiting
1. ... Nc7/b6/f6/b4/f4/xc3 2. B(x)b6#
1. ... Nd7/f7/c6/g6/c4/g4/xd3/xf3 2. Rxe4#
1. ... exf3 2. Bf1#
1. ... exd3 2. Bd1#
1. ... Bf2 2. Qd2#
Date added: 4/8/2022
2409
(Anatolij Anatolijovich Mityushin - Land og Folk, 1977)
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1. Ba2! waiting
1. ... Kf6 2. Qg5#
1. ... Kf8 2. Qf7#
1. ... Kh8 2. Qe5#
1. ... h6 2. Qxh6#
Date added: 4/8/2022
2410
(Aaron Hirschenson - Проблеміст України 1st Comm., 2010)
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1. Qb4! [2. Nc2#]
1. ... Nd6 2. Bh6#
1. ... Bxf5 2. Nxf5#
1. ... Kxe3 2. Nc2#
1. ... Bxe3 2. Ne6#
Date added: 4/8/2022
2411
(Leonid Antonovich Isaev - Шахматный листок, 1927)
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1. Re1! [2. Rc1#]
1. ... Nd5 2. Nd7#
1. ... Nf5 2. Re5#
1. ... Be5 2. Qd5#
1. ... Bf4 2. Ne4#
Date added: 4/8/2022
2412
(Martin F. Lindeberg - Schackvärlden, 1929)
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1. Na7! [2. Qxe5#]
1. ... Nd7/c6 2. Q(x)d7#
1. ... Kd6/d4 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Rf5/e4 2. Ne7#
1. ... Rg5/h5 2. e7#
1. ... Nc4 2. Rxd3#
Date added: 4/8/2022