White to play and checkmate in two moves
2521
(Aleksandr N. Lebedev - Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten 9th Prize, 1927)
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1. Qg8! [2. Nd8, Nf8, Nc7, Ng7, N6c5, N6g5, Nd4, Nf4#]
1. ... d2 2. N6c5/f4#
1. ... Qb5+ 2. N6c5#
1. ... Qb6 2. Nd2#
1. ... Qb7 2. Nd6/d2#
1. ... Qb8+ 2. Nc7#
1. ... Qg2 2. Ng7/g5, Nd6#
1. ... Qh2+ 2. Nf4#
1. ... Qxc3+ 2. Nd4#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2522
(Sergij Oleksandrovich SHedej & Valentin Fedorovich Rudenko - «64» 2nd Prize, 1978)
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1. Bxg7! [2. Nxc6#]
1. ... Na7 2. Rxd7#
1. ... Ne7 2. Bxe5#
1. ... bxa4 2. Qc4#
1. ... e2, Rc2/f6 2. N(x)c2#
1. ... Bc3 2. Qxc3#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2523
(Miroslav Havel - Шахматный листок, 30 Jun 1925)
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1. Bf2! [2. Rc4#]
1. ... Kxd4 2. Bxe3#
1. ... Nxf5 2. b4#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2524
(David J. Shire - British Chess Magazine, 1997)
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1. Rd1! [2. Nc3#]
1. ... Rxc5 2. Nf6#
1. ... Rb3 2. Re5#
1. ... Kc4 2. Nf4#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2525
(Erkki A. Wirtanen - Revista Romana de Sah, Aug 1965)
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1. Rxb5! [2. Be5#]
1. ... Re8 2. Qxb6#
1. ... Bd5 2. Qxg7#
1. ... Bc5 2. Qxc5#
1. ... Nc6/d5/d3 2. N(x)c6#
1. ... Ned5 2. Qxc4#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2526
(Svetlin Ivanov SHajgarovski - Práca, 1992)
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1. Be5! [2. Qd4#]
1. ... Rxe5 2. Nc3#
1. ... Bxe5 2. Bxe4#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qc5#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2527
(Peter Gvozdjak - Die Schwalbe, 1983)
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1. Nxc5! waiting
1. ... Kf4 2. Qc7#
1. ... Kd4 2. Nge6#
1. ... Kd6 2. Nge4#
1. ... Kf6 2. Qc3#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2528
(Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping - Chess, 1943)
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1. d4! [2. Ne3#]
1. ... e3 2. Bc2#
1. ... exd3 e.p. 2. Bxe6#
1. ... Rf4 2. Rxf4#
1. ... Rxf2 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2529
(Lucio Lena - Il Littoriale, 1931)
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1. Qd4! [2. Nd6, Nf6, Nc5, Nc3, Ng3, Nf2#]
1. ... Nd6 2. Nxd6#
1. ... Nxg5 2. Nxg5#
1. ... Bc3 2. Nxc3#
1. ... Bxd2 2. Nxd2#
1. ... Bxb6 2. Nc5#
1. ... fxe4 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Nf6 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Ng3 2. Nxg3#
1. ... Kg4 2. Nf2#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2530
(Aleksandar Popovski - Tidskrift för Schack, Feb 1953)
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1. bxc4! [2. d4#]
1. ... Rxd8 2. Bf6#
1. ... Rxf4 2. gxf4#
1. ... Qd7/e4 2. N(x)d7#
1. ... Qd3, Nf5 2. N(x)d3#
1. ... bxc4 2. Nxc4#
1. ... Nf3 2. Nc6#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2531
(Norman Alasdair Macleod - Problème TT Comm., 1966)
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1. Ne7! waiting
1. ... Bg5/h4/c3/b2/a1/g7/h8 2. Rd5#
1. ... Be5+ 2. Rd6#
1. ... Bd4 2. Re3#
1. ... Bxe7 2. Rxe7#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qe1#
Date added: 19/8/2022
2532
(Valenti Marin i Llovet - Traité Analytique du Problème d'Échecs, 1892)
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1. Ng6! waiting
1. ... Rc5/b5/a5/f5/g5/h5 2. Rxd4#
1. ... Rxd6/e5+, Rc4/b4/xa4/xe4+, Kxe4 2. N(x)e5#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qc2#
Date added: 19/8/2022