White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 2581 to 2592

2581

(Cyril Henry Stanley Kipping - The Chess Amateur Valve TT 2nd Prize, Knight Valve Section, 1928)

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1. Bf2! [2. Rg3#]
1. ... Qe6, Nc6 2. Nxc5#
1. ... Qg4, Nb7 2. Qa6#
1. ... Qh3 2. Qa6, Nxc5#
1. ... Ne6 2. Qf5#
1. ... Bxd4 2. Qxd4#

Date added: 18/9/2022

2582

(Janos Kiss - Skakbladet, Jul 1951)

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1. Nd3! [2. Nc5#]
1. ... Re5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Ne6/b3/xc2/e2 2. Nd6#
1. ... Nb5 2. Qxc6#
1. ... Nxf5 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Rxd3 2. cxd3#

Date added: 18/9/2022

2583

(Mikola Oleksijovich Parhomenko - Белёвская правда (Beliovskaya pravda ), 1999)

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1. Bd8! waiting
1. ... c6+ 2. Qxc6#
1. ... Ke6 2. Qf5#
1. ... Kc8 2. Qxc7#
1. ... Ke8 2. Qe7#

Date added: 18/9/2022

2584

(Alessandro Fasano - Torre & Cavallo - Scacco!, Dec 2003)

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1. Qd1! waiting
1. ... c2 2. Qxd2#
1. ... Bg4, Nxd4 2. Ng6#
1. ... Nxg1 2. Nd5#
1. ... Nb3/d3/a2 2. N(x)d3#

Date added: 18/9/2022

2585

(Lajos Herskovics - Népszava, 26 May 1929)

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1. Qc1! [2. Qxg1#]
1. ... Kxf2 2. Rxa2, Qd2#
1. ... Nf1 2. Qxf1#
1. ... Bxf2 2. Qxh1#

Date added: 18/9/2022

2586

(Samuel Loyd - Detroit Free Press, 6 Mar 1880)

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1. Qd8! waiting
1. ... Nb8/f6 2. Qxd6/a5#
1. ... Nxf8, Kc5 2. Qa5#
1. ... Nb6/c5/xe5 2. Qxd6#
1. ... dxe5 2. Qa8/xd7#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qg5#

Date added: 18/9/2022

2587

(Samuel Loyd - The Hartford Globe 1st Prize, American Chess and Problem Association, 1878)

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1. Rf5! [2. Qa4#]
1. ... Kxb3 2. Nc5#
1. ... Rxb3 2. Ng5#

Date added: 18/9/2022

2588

(Giwi Mosiaschwili - Probleemblad 2nd Prize, 2001)

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1. Qd5! [2. Ne4#]
1. ... Kd2, d2 2. Rxc2#
1. ... Bxb1 2. Qe5#

Date added: 19/9/2022

2589

(Vasil' Vasil'ovich Dyachuk & Anatolij Vasil'evich Slesarenko - SHan'shin, Valerij YUr'evich SuperProblem 5th Prize, 27 Mar 2017)

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1. Be6! [2. Qxe4#]
1. ... Bxc5, Bxe6 2. Nd2#
1. ... Rd4 2. Qxd4#
1. ... Rf4 2. Qxf4#
1. ... Rxg4 2. Rxg4#

Date added: 19/9/2022

2590

(Janis Gerins - Lettische Meisterschaft 8th Place, 1951)

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1. Rd8! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... Rd7/e6 2. Q(x)e6#
1. ... Nc7/d6/d4/c3 2. Q(x)d6#
1. ... Nf6 2. Nc6#
1. ... Nxf4 2. Nc4#
1. ... Be4 2. Rxe4#

Date added: 19/9/2022

2591

(Allessandro Fasano - Probleemblad, Oct 2012)

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1. Ne2! [2. Rc1#]
1. ... Rxe2 2. Nh5#
1. ... Rd1/b1/xa1 2. Nf5#

Date added: 19/9/2022

2592

(Michail N. Popov - Schachmatna Misl, Jul 1949)

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1. Rdh3! [2. Nc3, Qd3#]
1. ... Nc5 2. Qb4#
1. ... Nb8/d8/a5/d4 2. Nd6, Qd3#
1. ... Nxa7/xe7, Qxe7 2. Qd3#
1. ... Nb4 2. Nd6#
1. ... f3 2. Qxf3#
1. ... gxh3/g3 2. Qe3#

Date added: 19/9/2022