White to play and checkmate in two moves
2473
(Adriano Chicco - Westfälische Landeszeitung 1st Prize, 1933)
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1. Rg4! [2. Qb6#]
1. ... Kd4 2. Nfe6#
1. ... Kb4, Qe6 2. Nd3#
1. ... d4+ 2. Ncd5#
1. ... Qb4+ 2. Nb5#
Date added: 13/8/2022
2474
(Espen Backe - The Problemist Supplement, Jan 1996 )
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1. Qh2! [2. Qg1#]
1. ... g1=Q/B 2. Qe2#
1. ... g1=R 2. Qf2/e2#
1. ... g1=N 2. Qf2#
1. ... Ke1 2. Qg1#
Date added: 13/8/2022
2475
(Michael Barth - Freie Presse, 22 Jan 1988)
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1. Ra5! waiting
1. ... Rxb3 2. Nxb3#
1. ... Rc4/c5/c7/c8/f3+ 2. N(x)f3#
1. ... Rc6+/d3/g3/h3 2. N(x)c6#
1. ... Re3 2. Qb4#
1. ... Rxc2 2. Nxc2#
Date added: 13/8/2022
2476
(Fridrih Rudol'fovich Dyummel' & Efim Naumovich Ruhlis - Freie Presse, 1965)
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1. Bg5! [2. Rd5, Rd2#]
1. ... Nd8/d6/a5 2. Qc5, Rd2#
1. ... Nc5 2. Qxc5#
1. ... Bxg5, axb2, Bf5, Nxb2/f2 2. Rd5#
1. ... Rxg5, Ne3 2. Rd2#
1. ... Re4+ 2. Rxe4#
1. ... Be6 2. Nxe6, Rd2#
1. ... Nc3+ 2. bxc3#
Date added: 13/8/2022
2477
(Vladimir Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov - Мемориал Л. Куббеля Special Comm. Шахматная композиция, 1992)
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1. Qc6! waiting
1. ... Bxd7 2. Qxb7#
1. ... axb6 2. Qa4#
1. ... a6/a5 2. R(x)a6#
1. ... bxc6 2. Rb8#
1. ... cxb6 2. Qxc8#
compare to #2478
Date added: 16/8/2022
2478
(Vladimir Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov - Мемориал Л. Куббеля Special Comm. Шахматная композиция, 1992)
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1. Ra6! [2. Rxa7#]
1. ... bxa6 2. Qc6#
compare to #2477
Date added: 16/8/2022
2479
(Stig Herman Svenning Svennerstedt - Tidskrift för Schack, Dec 1937)
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1. Nf5! [2. Rd4#]
1. ... Nc6, Rb5 2. Nxd6#
1. ... N7b5 2. Bxb3#
1. ... Rb4+, N3b5 2. Q(x)b4#
1. ... Be3/g7 2. N(x)e3#
1. ... Nc2 2. exd3#
Date added: 16/8/2022
2480
(Petrus Albertus Koetsheid - De Maasbode, 1940)
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1. Qc7! waiting
1. ... Nd7/h7/e6/g6 2. Q(x)d7#
1. ... c4 2. dxc4#
Date added: 16/8/2022
2481
(Stanislav Schullery - Pravda (Bratislava), 19 Aug 1988)
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1. Nd5! [2. Nc3, Qxd3#]
1. ... Nxc8, Be6 2. Qxd3#
1. ... Nxd5 2. Rc4#
1. ... Bxd5 2. Nc5#
1. ... Rxd5 2. Qxg4#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Qf3#
1. ... Nxf6 2. Nxf6/c3#
1. ... Ne5/e3/f2 2. Nc3#
Date added: 16/8/2022
2482
(Srdjan Svetec - Mezija, 1994)
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1. Rg1! waiting
1. ... b6/b5 2. Nc6#
1. ... a5 2. Nb5#
1. ... f5 2. Bg7#
1. ... g4 2. Be3#
1. ... c3 2. Ra4#
1. ... e3 2. Rg4#
1. ... d2 2. Rxd2#
Date added: 16/8/2022
2483
(Milan Bednar - Šachové umění, 1983)
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1. Qb1! [2. Nf5, Nxc4, Nd5#]
1. ... Qg8 2. Nf5#
1. ... Qf8/h7, g6 2. Nxc4, Nd5#
1. ... Qc8, Nd3 2. Nd5#
1. ... Qa8, e1=Q, e1=R, e1=B, e1=N 2. Nf5/xc4#
1. ... Rc7/e4 2. Nf5, Nd5, Qe4#
1. ... Rf7 2. Nxc4, Nd5, Qe4#
1. ... Re5 2. Nxc4#
1. ... Nxg3 2. Nd5, Qxc1#
1. ... Nd2 2. Nf5, Nd5#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2484
(Sergij Oleksandrovich SHedej - Hlas ľudu 3rd Prize, 1970)
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1. Nxc4! [2. Qe5#]
1. ... Kf4 2. Qd4#
1. ... Kd5 2. Qe5#
Date added: 17/8/2022