White to play and checkmate in two moves
2497
(Valentin Volodimirovich Luk'yanov - Вечерняя Москва 2nd HM, 1975)
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1. Rg2! [2. Qb4#]
1. ... Ra4 2. Qd5#
1. ... f3 2. Rg5#
1. ... Bc4 2. Qd7#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2498
(Harry V. Tuxen - Skakbladet, Mar 1942)
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1. Bc1! [2. Qd3#]
1. ... d4 2. Qh1#
1. ... Nf4 2. Re3#
1. ... Ng3 2. Rh4#
1. ... Nxc1 2. Qg4#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2499
(Barry Jack da Costa Andrade - The Chess Problem, 1944)
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1. Qxh7! [2. Qc2#]
1. ... Qxh7 2. Ndxe6#
1. ... Nc6/xb5 2. R(x)c6#
1. ... g6 2. Qe7#
1. ... Nd3/a2/e2 2. Nb3#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2500
(Martin S. Lubell - Chess Life, 1957)
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1. Qd7! [2. Ng7, Nf4#]
1. ... Kxh3 2. Nxg5#
1. ... Kf5 2. Nc5#
1. ... Kh5, Nxh3 2. Ng7#
1. ... Ne2 2. Nf4#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2501
(Jindrich Pech - Besedy lidu, 1902)
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1. Qa1! waiting
1. ... c5 2. Qa6#
1. ... Ke6, Bc3/b2/xa1 2. c5#
1. ... Kc5 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Be3/xf2/c5/b6/a7 2. Qe5#
1. ... Be5 2. c5, Qxe5#
1. ... Bxf6 2. Qxf6#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2502
(Mihajlo Nazarovich Marandyuk - Червоний гірник 1st HM, 1970)
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1. Ne6! waiting
1. ... Kd7 2. Qd8#
1. ... Kf7 2. Qf8#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2503
(Tibor Ersek - Sakkélet, 1985)
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1. Ne4! [2. Bf4#]
1. ... Bh6 2. Rxe7#
1. ... Nd5 2. Rxd5#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2504
(Gyorgy Janos Andor von Sponer - Deutsches Wochenschach, 1914)
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1. Bg4! waiting
1. ... Bg7/e7 2. Q(x)e7#
1. ... Bh6+/d6/c5/b4/a3 2. Q(x)h6#
1. ... Rd5/c5/b5/a5/e4/e3/e2 2. Qf6#
1. ... Re1+ 2. Qxe1#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2505
(Anatolij Vasil'evich Slesarenko - Ленинское знамя, 1987)
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1. Qc3! waiting
1. ... bxa4 2. b4#
1. ... b4 2. Qxb2#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2506
(Igor' Alekseevich Agapov - Віктор Мельниченко — 80 Special Prize, 2019)
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1. Nd4! [2. Be5#]
1. ... Qxe4 2. Nxc2#
1. ... Nxe4 2. Bxd6#
1. ... Bf5/xe4 2. N(x)f5#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Bxf2#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2507
(Vladimir Evdokimovich Russkih - Удмуртская правда, 4 Apr 1998)
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1. Re4! waiting
1. ... c5 2. Qa8#
1. ... Kc5 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qf3#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2508
(Leonid Antonovich Isaev - «64», 1932)
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1. Bxd7! [2. Bc6#]
1. ... Nc7 2. Nd6#
1. ... Nxe5 2. Nfg5#
1. ... Nb4 2. Nxc5#
1. ... Nf4 2. Neg5#
Date added: 18/8/2022