White to play and checkmate in two moves
2665
(Odon Nagy - Magyar Sakkvilág, 1 Jan 1922)
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1. fxe5! waiting
1. ... f6 2. exd6/xf6#
1. ... f5 2. exf6 e.p.#
1. ... dxe5 2. Rxe5#
1. ... d5 2. Qb1#
1. ... Kf5, Bf2/e1 2. exd6#
1. ... Bg3/g5/xe7 2. N(x)g3#
1. ... Bf6 2. exf6, Ng3#
Date added: 26/9/2022
2666
(Roman Fedorovich Zalokoc'kij & Soroka, IIvan IIvanovich - Probleemblad, 1982)
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1. Rd5! waiting
1. ... e4 2. Qxd4#
1. ... dxc3 2. Bc5#
1. ... Bxg5 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Nf3/xc2/xg2 2. Qxd3#
1. ... Nh2 2. Qxd2#
Date added: 26/9/2022
2667
(Imants J. Kisis - Sächsische Zeitung 1st Prize, 11 Dec 1987)
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1. Qg8! [2. Nf4#]
1. ... Kxc4 2. Ba2#
1. ... Rxe6 2. Ne3#
Date added: 27/9/2022
2668
(Semen IIvanovich Veselenchuk - Проблемист Прибужья (Problemist Pribuzh'ya), 1996)
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1. Qd8! waiting
1. ... Kxd4 2. Qxd6#
Date added: 27/9/2022
2669
(Cornelis Groeneveld - Шахматная поэзия (SHahmatnaya poeziya), 2004)
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1. Nf3! [2. Qe8#]
1. ... Rxc6 2. Nd2#
1. ... Ke3 2. Qe8#
1. ... Rd3+ 2. Rde5#
1. ... Re3+ 2. Rd4#
1. ... Rxf3+ 2. Rfe5#
Date added: 27/9/2022
2670
(Zivko Janevski - Rochade Europa, 2015)
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1. Nxe5! [2. Nef3#]
1. ... Rf8 2. Nc6#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qf6#
Date added: 27/9/2022
2671
(Hermann Schulz - Die Schwalbe, Dec 1961)
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1. Qe7! [2. Bb2#]
1. ... Bc5, Rxe7 2. Nb5#
1. ... Nc5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Rc5 2. Qe3#
1. ... cxb3 2. Qb4#
1. ... Kd4 2. c3#
Date added: 27/9/2022
2672
(Erkki A. Wirtanen - Norsk Sjakkblad, Feb 1952)
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1. Qa5! [2. Qe5#]
1. ... b5 2. Qa8#
1. ... e5 2. Qd5#
1. ... Qb5 2. Qxe1#
1. ... Qxd4 2. g7#
Date added: 27/9/2022
2673
(Evgenij Fiodorovich Balashov - Troll, 1994)
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1. Qa8! [2. Qa2#]
1. ... Ra7 2. Rxb5#
1. ... Bd7/e8 2. Ne7#
Date added: 28/9/2022
2674
(Al'bert Serapionovich SHahnazaryan - Шах (Боровичи), 1987)
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1. Bf6! waiting
1. ... Nb7/f7/c6/e6 2. Q(x)c6#
1. ... Kd6/e6 2. Qe5#
1. ... Ke4 2. Qf3#
Date added: 28/9/2022
2675
(Otto Wurzburg - British Chess Federation (Loyd MT), 1941-1942)
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1. Rh8! [2. Rxh7#]
1. ... Kxh8 2. Rff8#
1. ... Bf5/g4/g8 2. R(x)g8#
1. ... Bf7 2. Rg6#
1. ... Rg3 2. Rf3#
1. ... Bg3 2. Rf4#
1. ... Ng3 2. Rf1#
Date added: 28/9/2022
2676
(Dieter Muller - Freie Presse, 27 Jul 1979)
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1. Ree4! [2. Rbd4#]
1. ... c5 2. Nc7#
1. ... Rfd3 2. Re3#
Date added: 28/9/2022