White to play and checkmate in two moves
2509
(Nadiya Oleksandrivna Leont'eva - ЮК 50 лет Октябрьской революции 7th HM «64», 1968)
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1. Qa7! waiting
1. ... d6 2. Qg7#
1. ... b5 2. Qxc5#
1. ... cxb4/c4 2. Qxb6#
1. ... dxe4 2. Qxd7#
1. ... c2 2. Qa1#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2510
(Samuyil Davidovich Lejtes - 2nd FIDE Tourney 4th HM FIDE Revue, 1959)
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1. Re7! [2. Nd6#]
1. ... Bxe7 2. Nxe7#
1. ... Bc4 2. Qe4#
1. ... Bd3/e2/f1/a4/xc6, Nxb7/e6/a4/e4/d3 2. B(x)e6#
1. ... Nxd7+ 2. Qxd7#
1. ... Nb3 2. Bb1#
1. ... Qxd4 2. Nxd4#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2511
(Andrej Nikolaevich Dikusarov - Семь шахматных нот, Jan 2014 )
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1. Bf3! [2. Qxe7#]
1. ... Be6 2. Qf4#
1. ... Bd5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... e6 2. Qd4#
1. ... e5 2. Qc6#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2512
(Sandor Boros - Népszava, 19 Aug 1928)
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1. Be4! [2. Qxf5#]
1. ... fxg6, Bxg6 2. Qh4#
1. ... Ng7/g5/d4 2. Q(x)g5#
1. ... Bg4 2. Qe5#
1. ... Bxe4 2. Nxe6#
1. ... Rxe4 2. Nd3#
1. ... Qd5/xh2 2. Qf3#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2513
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Die Schwalbe, Jul 1957)
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1. Qc6! [2. Qxd5#]
1. ... Be4 2. Qa4, R1c4#
1. ... Bf3 2. Qa4, Nf5, R1c4, Nc2#
1. ... Bc4 2. Nf5, R1xc4, Nc2#
1. ... Bb3 2. Nf5#
1. ... Ba2/f7/g8 2. Nf5, Nc2#
1. ... Bxc6 2. R1c4#
1. ... Be6 2. Nc2#
1. ... Ke4/e5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Nf4 2. Qf6#
1. ... Ne3 2. Bc3#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2514
(Stefano Mariani - Best Problems, 2010)
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1. Nd4! waiting
1. ... Nf7/c6 2. Nxe6#
1. ... e5, Ke5 2. Qf5#
1. ... c3 2. Nd3#
1. ... Bxe2+ 2. Ndxe2#
1. ... Ng3+ 2. Qxg3#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2515
(Birger Restad - Skakbladet, Nov 1930)
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1. Bf6! [2. Qxe5#]
1. ... Nexf6 2. Nd6#
1. ... Ngxf6 2. Ne7#
1. ... Rd5 2. Nxe3#
1. ... Rxe6 2. Bg6#
1. ... Re4 2. Rxg5#
1. ... Kxf6 2. Rf3#
1. ... Bb2 2. Qf1#
Date added: 18/8/2022
2516
(W. P. Turnbull - The Chess Amateur, Aug 1913)
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1. Nc5! waiting
1. ... Kxc5 2. Ba7#
1. ... Ka5 2. Bc7#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2517
(Jan Janocko - Hlas ľudu, 1 Mar 1990)
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1. Ne4! [2. Nf6, Nc3#]
1. ... Ke5/c4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Kd4/e6 2. Nf6#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2518
(Hirsch Silberschmidt - Die neu entdeckten Geheimnisse im Gebiete des Schachspiels, 1826)
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1. Qa1!+
1. ... Kxa1 2. Bc3#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2519
(Rainer Paslack - Schweizer Schach-Magazin, 1993 )
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1. Nd7! [2. Ne5#]
1. ... c5 2. Nb6#
1. ... Bxd7 2. Rc5#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Qxd4#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2520
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - diagrammes, 1976)
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1. Bd6! [2. Ne7#]
1. ... Ng6 2. Be6#
1. ... Bc4 2. Nxd4#
1. ... Rc4 2. Rf1#
Date added: 19/8/2022