White to play and checkmate in two moves
2485
(Alexandre Dobordschginidse - Шахматы в СССР, Л.Куббель МК 1st HM, 1946)
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1. Qd1! [2. Qxd5, Qxf3#]
1. ... Rxa7/xa3 2. Nd6, Qxd5#
1. ... Rb6/xe6, c3, Ne5/g5/h4/h2/e1/g1, Rf2/e2, Qxa3/c3, Bxa3/e3 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Rd6+, Nb6 2. N(x)d6#
1. ... Ra5 2. Nd6, Qxf3#
1. ... Nc7/xe7/f6/b4, Rd2, Qd4/e5 2. Qxf3#
1. ... Nc3 2. Nf6#
1. ... Ne3 2. Rxf4#
1. ... Nd4 2. Re5#
1. ... Nd2 2. Qc2#
1. ... Rg3 2. Qxd5/c2#
1. ... Bd2 2. Qc2/xf3#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2486
(Vasile Vermester - Buletin Problemistic, Apr 1973)
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1. d4! [2. Ngf4#]
1. ... e5 2. Rd6#
1. ... Be5 2. Nxe7#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Nef4#
1. ... Ne6/h3 2. B(x)e6#
1. ... Nxf3 2. Bxf3#
1. ... Rxd4 2. Nc3#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2487
(Jorgen Thorvald Moller - Nordisk Tidskrift, 1913)
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1. Qb1! [2. Qa2#]
1. ... Kd5 2. Qa2#
1. ... Kf7 2. Nd8#
1. ... cxd1=Q/R/B/N 2. Qf5#
1. ... cxb1=Q/R/B/N 2. Bb3#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2488
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Die Schwalbe TT-166 2nd-3rd Prize, 1980-1981, 1980)
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1. Nd2! [2. d4#]
1. ... Qg8 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Rxc5 2. Nxf5#
1. ... fxg3 2. Qxg3#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2489
(Pavlos N. Moutecidis - Le Courrier des Échecs, 1956)
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1. Qa6! [2. Bxb1#]
1. ... Qd1/c2 2. Bb3#
1. ... Qf1/d3/e4+ 2. Bc4#
1. ... Qxa2 2. Qxa2#
1. ... Qf5 2. Bd5#
1. ... Qg6 2. Be6#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2490
(David J. Shire - Phénix 1st HM, 1994)
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1. Nd4! [2. Qxf5#]
1. ... Kd5, Qf4 2. Qe6#
1. ... Ke4 2. Nc6#
1. ... Kf4 2. Nf3#
1. ... Be4 2. Qd6#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2491
(Demetrio Schead - Deutsche Zeitung (São Paulo), 1937)
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1. Rd7! [2. Nd6#]
1. ... Nc7/e7/c3 2. Qd3/g4#
1. ... Nf6 2. Qd3#
1. ... Nb4 2. Nc3, Qg4#
1. ... Nf4 2. Ng5#
1. ... Ne3 2. f3#
Date added: 17/8/2022
2492
(Ernest Levonovich Pogosyanc - Заря (Брэст), 1981)
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1. Kc7! waiting
1. ... b6 2. Bc6#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2493
(Guy Wills Chandler - American Chess Bulletin, 1945)
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1. Qh1! [2. d4#]
1. ... Bb6 2. Bd6#
1. ... dxe4 2. Qa1#
1. ... dxc4 2. Bc3#
1. ... d4 2. Rc5#
1. ... Nf5 2. Ng6#
1. ... Nf3/g2 2. Qh8#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2494
(Finn Olof Eriksson - Dala-Demokraten, 1936)
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1. Qxf4! waiting
1. ... Rb8/a8/d8/e8/f8/g8/h8/c7 2. N(x)c7#
1. ... dxe5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... c4 2. Rd4#
1. ... Nb6/c3+/b2 2. N(x)c3#
1. ... exf2 2. Qd2#
1. ... Nxf4+ 2. Nxf4#
1. ... Nh4/e1 2. Nxe3#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2495
(Ralf Krätschmer - Super Problem - 84. TT, 2013)
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1. c7! [2. Bd7#]
1. ... Rd8 2. cxd8=N#
1. ... Ba4 2. Bc4#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2496
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Schach-Report 5th HM, 1990)
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1. Nd3! [2. Rc5#]
1. ... e5 2. Qf7#
1. ... dxc3 2. Qf4#
1. ... Rcxe2 2. Nb2#
1. ... Rgxe2 2. Ne5#
1. ... Nxd3 2. exd3#
Date added: 18/8/2022