White to play and checkmate in two moves
2437
(Francisco Salazar Lopez - Club de Ajedrez de Manresa 3rd HM, 1942)
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1. Nxd3! [2. Nf4#]
1. ... Kd6+ 2. N7c5#
1. ... Kd4+ 2. N7e5#
1. ... Kxe6+ 2. N3c5#
1. ... Qxf3 2. Nf6#
1. ... Qxd3+ 2. Qxd3#
Date added: 6/8/2022
2438
(Jan Hartong - Good Companion, 1919)
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1. Qb8! [2. Na7#]
1. ... Kb5 2. Na7#
1. ... Nb5 2. Rg6, Rxc4#
Date added: 7/8/2022
2439
(Byron Zappas - problem (Zagreb) 4th HM, 1962)
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1. Re1! [2. Qc4, Qd7#]
1. ... Ra5/a4 2. Qd7#
1. ... Bd6/b6/a5/d8 2. Qc4/xd6#
1. ... Bxe5 2. Qd6#
1. ... Bb8 2. Qc4#
1. ... Rxe5 2. Bxg4#
Date added: 7/8/2022
2440
(Vladimir Nikolaevich Tihankov - Фестиваль "Одесса-89" 3rd HM, 1989)
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1. Qf1! [2. Rxf4#]
1. ... Qe4+ 2. Bd4#
1. ... Ke4 2. Qe2#
Date added: 7/8/2022
2441
(YUrij Grigor'evich Gorbatenko - Petersburg Ty. 2nd HM, 1993)
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1. Ba3! [2. Bd6#]
1. ... Bxf2 2. Qxg5#
1. ... Nde4 2. Nd5#
1. ... Ndf3 2. Ne2#
Date added: 7/8/2022
2442
(Friedrich Frh. von Wardener - Bohemia, 1917)
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1. Kxh5! waiting
1. ... Bc4 2. Rd2#
1. ... Bd3/f1/a4/a6/xc6 2. Qb4#
1. ... Be2+ 2. Rg4#
1. ... c2, Ra3, Ra5, Ra6, Ra8, Ra1 2. Ra4/f4/g4/h4#
1. ... Ra4 2. Rxa4#
1. ... Ra7 2. Qxa7, Ra4/f4/g4/h4#
1. ... Rb2/c2/d2/e2/xf2 2. Qa7#
Date added: 7/8/2022
2443
(Milos Lakatos - Šachové umění, 1983)
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1. f4! [2. Qg5#]
1. ... exf4 2. Nd4#
1. ... Nxf4 2. Be4#
1. ... Bxf4 2. e4#
Date added: 7/8/2022
2444
(Harry V. Tuxen - Skakbladet, Mar 1942)
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1. Qc2! [2. Qc6#]
1. ... Nxc8 2. Qxc8#
1. ... Nc4 2. Qa4#
1. ... Nc7/e7 2. Q(x)c7#
1. ... Nc3 2. Qh7#
1. ... Ne3, Bc5 2. N(x)c5#
1. ... Rc4 2. Qf5#
Date added: 8/8/2022
2445
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Good Companion 2nd Prize, Jan 1920)
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1. Qxb6! [2. Rc5#]
1. ... Ne6 2. Qb5#
1. ... Ncd5, d5, Nbd5 2. Ne5#
1. ... d6, Ra5 2. Qd4#
1. ... f6 2. Qc5#
1. ... Rxb6+ 2. Nxb6#
1. ... Nc6 2. Qb3#
1. ... Nd3 2. Ne3#
1. ... Nc2, Qc3/g1 2. R(x)c3#
Date added: 8/8/2022
2446
(Charles Ephrem St. Maurice - Problemas de Ajedrez, 1917)
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1. Qc8! waiting
1. ... d6 2. Sc3#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qc4#
1. ... Ke6 2. Qg8#
Date added: 8/8/2022
2447
(Jose Antonio Lopez Parcerisa - Memorial J.Tolosa y Carreras-100, Problemas, Jul 2016)
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1. Nh4! [2. Nhf5#]
1. ... Rxd6+ 2. Rxd6#
1. ... Rxc5 2. Ndf5#
1. ... Rxf6+ 2. Bxf6#
1. ... Rxh5 2. Rf4#
1. ... c2 2. Qa1#
1. ... Bxh4 2. Qxh4#
Date added: 8/8/2022
2448
(Peter Heyl - Rochade Europa, Sep 2003)
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1. d4! [2. Nf4#]
1. ... Be5 2. dxe5#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Rxd4#
1. ... cxd3 e.p. 2. Qa2#
1. ... exd3 e.p. 2. e4#
1. ... Rf3 2. Ne7#
1. ... Rxg4 2. e7#
Date added: 8/8/2022