White to play and checkmate in two moves
2641
(Aaron Hirschenson & Itzhak Grossman - British Chess Federation 98th Tourney 2nd Prize, 1961-1962, 1961)
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1. Kd3! [2. Qc7#]
1. ... Qh7+ 2. Ng6#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qh2#
Date added: 23/9/2022
2642
(Norbert Kovacs - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 Aug 1928)
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1. Rg4! [2. Bg1#]
1. ... Ke3 2. Bg1#
Date added: 23/9/2022
2643
(Gerd Rinder - Die Schwalbe, 1976)
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1. Nxb5! [2. Na3#]
1. ... Bb6 2. Qb4#
1. ... cxb5 2. Qxb5#
1. ... Kxc4 2. Nd6#
1. ... Ra4/xa5 2. Re4#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2644
(Nicolaas Voituron - Die Schwalbe, Apr 1970)
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1. c4! [2. Nd3#]
1. ... Ne6/xf5 2. R(x)e6#
1. ... Qxc4 2. Qb8#
1. ... Rxc4 2. Qd6#
1. ... d3 2. Qc3#
1. ... dxc3 e.p. 2. Qe4#
1. ... e1=N 2. Qxe1#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2645
(Hrvoje Vojko Bartolovic - Probleemblad HM, 1961)
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1. Kg4! [2. Nf8#]
1. ... Bd7 2. Rf8#
1. ... Qf5+ 2. Rxf5#
1. ... Qc4+ 2. Rf4#
1. ... Qe2+ 2. Rf3#
1. ... Qe8 2. Qxe8#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2646
(Desire Klein - Bulletin de la Fédération Française des Échecs, 1935)
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1. Nf4! waiting
1. ... Kxf4 2. d4#
1. ... Kd4/f6 2. Qc3#
1. ... Kxd6 2. Qc7#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2647
(Vladimir Nikolaevich Rychkov - Московский конкурс Comm., 1990)
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1. Qc5! [2. Qd6#]
1. ... Ne8/b5 2. Qc8#
1. ... e4 2. Qxf5#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2648
(Barry Peter Barnes - The Problemist
Comm., 1960)
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1. Nc8! waiting
1. ... axb5, Kd5 2. Nb6#
1. ... d5+ 2. Nd6#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2649
(Jozef Zatko - Pravda (Bratislava), 15 Feb 1974)
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1. Rc3! [2. Be5, Ne2, Rd3#]
1. ... Re7 2. Rd3#
1. ... Rf7, Kxc3 2. Be5#
1. ... c4 2. Ne2#
1. ... Ng3 2. Be5, Rd3#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2650
(Hauke Reddmann - Die Schwalbe 188, April 2001)
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1. Nh4! [2. Nxf3#]
1. ... g6 2. Qh6#
1. ... Rg6/f5 2. Q(x)g6#
1. ... Rh6 2. Qf5#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2651
(Daniel Papack - Die Schwalbe, 2017)
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1. Be5! [2. Rxf4#]
1. ... dxe5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Qxd3 2. c8=Q/B#
1. ... Bxf3 2. Nxd6#
Date added: 24/9/2022
2652
(Lazar' Borisovich Zalkind - Смена (Москва), 1929)
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1. b4! [2. Rc5#]
1. ... e5 2. Qg8#
1. ... Ke5, Nxc4 2. f4#
1. ... Kxc4 2. Qa2#
Date added: 24/9/2022