White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 2545 to 2556

2545

(Samuel Loyd - New York Mail and Express, 1892)

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1. Bb3! waiting
1. ... Kf7/d7 2. e8=Q#
1. ... Na8/a6/e6/xd5, Rf4/xe4/g5/g6/g7/g8/h4/g3/g2/g1 2. Nxd6#
1. ... Rxb4/c5/c6/d4/xe4/c3/c2/c1 2. Nxf6#

Date added: 24/8/2022

2546

(Sergej Pul'nikov - Проблемист Прибужья, 5 Nov 1993)

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1. Ba1! waiting
1. ... Kxa1 2. Qa3#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2547

(Ernest Haslam Harvey Jerrard - The Brisbane Courier, 16 Jul 1921)

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1. Bd5! [2. Ng6#]
1. ... Bf5+ 2. Ne4#
1. ... Nxd5 2. Rxd5#
1. ... f5 2. Qh8#
1. ... Rb4+ 2. cxb4#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2548

(Valentin Viktorovich Lider - Sinfonie Scacchistiche, Jan 1979)

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1. Rc2! waiting
1. ... Na8/c8/d7/xd5/a4/c4 2. Q(x)c4#
1. ... dxc5 2. Nexc5#
1. ... Kxd3 2. Rd2#
1. ... gxf2 2. Nexf2#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2549

(Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping - Chess, 1952)

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1. Qf3! [2. Qc3#]
1. ... Rxb7 2. Qe3#
1. ... R7xc5+ 2. e5#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qf6#
1. ... Nxf3+ 2. Nxf3#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2550

(Yrjo Sten Iso-Puonti - Uusi Aura, 1937)

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1. Nxd5! [2. Ra7, Ra1#]
1. ... Bxd5, Rh3/h2/h1 2. Ra7#
1. ... Rxd5/h6 2. Ra1#
1. ... Ka5/a3 2. Ra7, Ra1#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2551

(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Thèmes-64 Comm., 1961)

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1. Bh4! [2. Bg3#]
1. ... Rb3 2. Bd7#
1. ... Ra3 2. Bc8#
1. ... Ne2, Bg4 2. R(x)g4#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2552

(Adolf Herrmann Rudolf Ferdinand Kraemer - Turnier Westfälischer Schachbund 1st Prize, 1924)

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1. Qa1! [2. Kc1#]
1. ... Nxc4+/f3+/b1+/f1+ 2. K(x)b1#
1. ... Nxe4+ 2. Ne2#
1. ... Nxb3+ 2. Kxb3#
1. ... Nd3+ 2. Rxd3#
1. ... Nc2 2. Rd3, Kxc2#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2553

(Semion Semionovich Levman - L'Italia Scacchistica 2nd Prize, ex aequo, 2nd half-year, 1927)

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1. Bc4! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... Ke5 2. Nd7#
1. ... Qxc4 2. Nxc4#
1. ... Qc6 2. Ne4#
1. ... Qd7 2. Nb7#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2554

(Ferenc Fleck & Geza Dulcsan - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 Jan 1930)

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1. Nb3! [2. Qd4#]
1. ... e5 2. Qd6#
1. ... Qe5 2. Qd8#
1. ... Be5 2. Qf3#
1. ... Ne5 2. Rd6#
1. ... Nf5 2. Qxe6#

Date added: 2/8/2022

2555

(Lajos Kiss - Népszava, 30 Apr 1939)

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1. Nc2! [2. Rxd4#]
1. ... Kxd3, Ne6/b5/f5/b3/f3/xc2/e2 2. B(x)b5#
1. ... Nc6 2. Be6#
1. ... Nd6/c5/g5/g3/f2 2. Rxc3#
1. ... Nd2 2. Nxe3#

Date added: 27/8/2022

2556

(Norman Alasdair Macleod - British Chess Federation Tourney No. 66, 1950-1951 2nd Commendation, 1950)

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1. Qxh4! waiting
1. ... Bg7 2. Nxg7#
1. ... Bh6, Qg3 2. Qe4#
1. ... d5 2. Re5#
1. ... c4 2. Nd4#
1. ... d2 2. Bc2#
1. ... Qf3 2. Qg5#
1. ... Qxe3 2. Qg4#
1. ... Qxh4+ 2. Nxh4#
1. ... Qh2/h1 2. Bg4#
1. ... Qxg2 2. Qf4#
1. ... Qg4 2. Qxg4, Bxg4#
1. ... Nf3/e2 2. Qxh3#

Date added: 27/8/2022