White to play and checkmate in two moves
2569
(Ivan Dzuris - Smena (Bratislava), 9 Mar 1963)
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1. Qb7! waiting
1. ... Nd7/f7/xc6/g6/c4/d3 2. Rxd4#
1. ... Ndxc6/e6/b5/f5/b3/c2/e2 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Kd3 2. Qb1#
1. ... Kf5 2. Qh7#
Date added: 31/8/2022
2570
(Gerardus Hendrikus Drese - Elk Wat Wils Wedstrijd, 1936)
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1. Rg8! [2. Nf4#]
1. ... Qg2 2. Re2#
1. ... Qc2 2. Nc5#
1. ... Qb2 2. Nd4#
1. ... Qh4 2. Ng5#
1. ... Qxh5 2. Rh3#
1. ... Qh1 2. Re1#
1. ... Qe5/d6/b8 2. R(x)e5#
1. ... Qc7 2. Nxc7#
Date added: 31/8/2022
2571
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - idee & form, Apr 2020)
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1. Bd6! [2. Ne7#]
1. ... Bd8 2. Qxc5#
1. ... Nc6 2. Bc4#
1. ... Qg1 2. Rd4#
1. ... Qg4 2. Qd4#
Date added: 31/8/2022
2572
(Islam Kazimov - StrateGems, 2007)
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1. Qa8! [2. Nd7#]
1. ... Kxe6 2. Qe8#
1. ... fxe4 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Bd5 2. Qxd5#
1. ... Bxe6 2. Qa1#
Date added: 31/8/2022
2573
(Stanislav Alekseevich Il'yasov - ProbleembladProbleemblad, 1977)
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1. Rd3! [2. Qa2#]
1. ... Bxd4 2. Qa5#
1. ... Rc1/b1/a1 2. Bxf3#
1. ... Qxd4 2. Qxg5#
Date added: 31/8/2022
2574
(Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko - Zdorov'e 6th Place, 1990)
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1. Qa1! [2. Rxe6#]
1. ... Qd6 2. Rxd6#
1. ... Qc6 2. Rxc6#
1. ... Qb6 2. Rxb6#
1. ... Qa6 2. Rxa6#
1. ... Qe7/e5/e4/e3/e2/e1/d5/c4/b3/a2/d7/g8, Bg6 2. Rf8#
1. ... Qxf6+ 2. Qxf6#
1. ... Qc8 2. Rc6/f8#
1. ... Qf7 2. Rxf7#
Date added: 17/9/2022
2575
(Leonid Pavlovich Volkov & Anatolij Lazarevich Sarkic - Problemist Ukrayini , 2009)
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1. Qa1! waiting
1. ... c5 2. Bxd5#
1. ... Ne6/b3/c2/e2 2. Qe5#
1. ... Nf5 2. Nf6, Qe5#
1. ... Nf3 2. Nf2#
Date added: 17/9/2022
2576
(Robert Pikler - Magyar Sakkvilág, Aug 1926)
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1. Kf6! waiting
1. ... Kxh6 2. Qg6#
1. ... Bg3/f2/e1 2. Qxg5#
Date added: 18/9/2022
2577
(Rudolf Büchner - Die Schwalbe, Mar 1941)
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1. Rd1! [2. Bf7#]
1. ... Bd6 2. Nd2#
1. ... Be5 2. Nb2#
1. ... Qd2/b2 2. Nxc7#
1. ... Qe5 2. Nxe5#
1. ... Qd6 2. Nxd6#
Date added: 18/9/2022
2578
(Marc Benoit - La Presse, 1940)
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1. Kf7! waiting
1. ... Kf5 2. Rh5#
1. ... Kxh6 2. Qh4#
Date added: 18/9/2022
2579
(Al'bert Serapionovich SHahnazaryan & Artur Teodorovich Garcer - Priokskaya pravda (Navashino) , 13 Aug 1988)
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Bf2! [2. Qc1#]
1. ... Kc4 2. Qc6#
1. ... Kd2 2. Qe1#
Date added: 18/9/2022
2580
(Petko Andonov Petkov - Шахматна мисъл 1st Prize, 1972)
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1. Nd7! [2. Qg7#]
1. ... Bd8 2. Bxc5#
1. ... Qg1 2. Rxe4#
Date added: 18/9/2022