White to play and checkmate in two moves
2653
(Anonymous Of Charleston,
The Charleston Daily Courier , 3 Aug 1859)
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1. Qd8! [2. Qa8, Qxb6#]
1. ... c4, Qd7/d3/c4 2. Qxb6#
1. ... Qxd8 2. Nxc6#
1. ... Qxd2+ 2. Qxd2#
1. ... Qxb3 2. Qa8#
1. ... Qf7/g8 2. Qxb6, Nxc6#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2654
(Jacobus Haring - «64», 1976)
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1. Rxe6! waiting
1. ... Nc7 2. Rd6#
1. ... Rc8 2. Qd6#
1. ... Rd8 2. Re7#
1. ... Re8 2. fxe8=Q#
1. ... Nxh7+/g6+, Kd8/c8 2. Re8#
1. ... Nxe6+ 2. f8=Q#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2655
(Franz Pachl - Schach-Aktiv, 1987)
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1. Nd5! [2. Nd2#]
1. ... c4 2. Nc3#
1. ... Rh2 2. Qf4#
1. ... Nb3 2. Re1#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2656
(Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pankrat'ev & Efren Petite - Problemas, 1990 )
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1. Be6! [2. Rc5#]
1. ... Nc3/xc1 2. b4#
1. ... Rc2 2. Bb6#
1. ... Bc6 2. Nxc6#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2657
(Victor Costin - Adevarul Ilustrat, 1897)
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1. Qg3! waiting
1. ... e4 2. Nxe6#
1. ... Kxc5 2. Qxe5#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2658
(Zuleyxa Eylaq Eyvazova - Revista Română de Şah, May 1977)
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1. Bh3! [2. Qc6#]
1. ... Nd8/d6/xe5 2. Rf4#
1. ... N3xe5 2. Bg2#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2659
(YUrij Akimovich Sushkov - Pedagógusok lapja Comm., 25 May 1981)
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1. Re5! [2. Qc3#]
1. ... Nxe5, fxe5 2. Ne2#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qd6#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2660
(Cornelis Groeneveld - Schaakmat, Nov 1953)
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1. Ne4! [2. Rb4#]
1. ... c5 2. Nd6#
1. ... Rb3 2. Rxc7#
1. ... Rc3, Bd4 2. Q(x)d4#
1. ... Rd3, Bc3 2. Q(x)d3#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2661
(Samuel Loyd - The Cincinnati Commercial, 17 Dec 1881 )
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1. Bxg7!+
1. ... Kg8/h7 2. Bf6#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2662
(Pierre Tritten - Problemesis, Dec 2004)
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1. Qxc7! [2. Qd6#]
1. ... Ke6 2. Nd4#
1. ... Rf6 2. Nf8#
1. ... Rxg6 2. Qd8#
1. ... Qxc5 2. Nxg1#
1. ... Bxc5 2. Nxc1#
Date added: 25/9/2022
2663
(Andrej Sergijenko - 4. Youth Chess Composing Challenge, 2019)
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1. Rf1! waiting
1. ... Kf5 2. Rf7#
1. ... e4 2. fxe4#
1. ... g4 2. fxg4#
Date added: 26/9/2022
2664
(Henri Gerard Marie Weenink - Funkschach, 30 May 1926)
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1. Qb8! [2. Nxc5#]
1. ... Ka6 2. Nxc5#
1. ... Qe5 2. Rf4#
1. ... Qf5+ 2. Re4#
Date added: 26/9/2022