White to play and checkmate in two moves
2677
(Adriano Chicco - Probleemblad 2nd Prize, 1956)
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1. Rc7! [2. Nb7#]
1. ... Bc6 2. Rxc6#
1. ... Rxd4 2. Bf4#
1. ... Qxd4 2. Nxc4#
compare to #2678
Date added: 28/9/2022
2678
(Adriano Chicco - Probleemblad 2nd Prize, 1956)
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1. Re7! [2. Re6#]
1. ... Bd7 2. Rxd7#
1. ... Re4/xd4 2. N(x)e4#
1. ... Qxd4 2. Bxb4#
compare to #2677
Date added: 29/9/2022
2679
(Nikolaj I. Neptaev - ЮК Б.Маслов-70
1st Honorable Mention, 2008)
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1. Qa6! [2. Nxa3#]
1. ... Qxb5 2. Qxb5#
1. ... Qd6 2. Nexd6#
1. ... exd4+ 2. Nbd6#
1. ... b3 2. Ra4#
Date added: 29/9/2022
2680
(Aleksandr Fiodorovich Malyshev - Горьковская правда (Gor'kovskaya pravda), Jan 1989)
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1. Qg1! [2. Qxe1#]
1. ... Kd2 2. Qxe1/e3#
1. ... Bd2 2. Qf1#
1. ... Bc3/b4/a5/g3/h4 2. Qe3#
1. ... Bf2 2. Qd1#
Date added: 29/9/2022
2681
(Sergij IIvanovich Tkachenko & Anatolij Grigorovich Vasilenko - Czechoslovakia-100 JT 2nd HM, 2018)
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1. Qh7! waiting
1. ... Qf5/g6 2. Qd7#
1. ... Qxh7 2. e4#
1. ... Ng4/h3/d1/h1 2. Qxe4#
Date added: 29/9/2022
2682
(Hermann Albrecht - Danziger Neueste Nachrichten, 24 Oct 1935)
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1. Qd2! [2. Nd1#]
1. ... d5 2. Qxh2#
1. ... Nd5 2. Nd3#
1. ... Ne4 2. Nc4#
1. ... c4 2. Qd4#
1. ... axb2 2. Bxb2#
1. ... Rxd2 2. gxf6#
Date added: 29/9/2022
2683
(Tivadar Kardos - Feladványkedvelők Lapja, 1970)
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1. Qb3!+
1. ... Ka1 2. Bf6#
1. ... Kc1 2. Bg5#
compare to #2684 and 2685
Date added: 29/9/2022
2684
(Tivadar Kardos - Feladványkedvelők Lapja, 1970)
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1. Qd3!+
1. ... Kc1 2. Ba3#
1. ... Ke1 2. Bh4#
compare to #2683 and 2685
Date added: 29/9/2022
2685
(Tivadar Kardos - Feladványkedvelők Lapja, 1970)
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1. Qa6!+
1. ... Kb8/c7 2. Bd6#
compare to #2683 and 2684
Date added: 29/9/2022
2686
(Aleksandr N. Pankratjev - idee & form 109, Jan 2011)
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1. Bb1! [2. Bxf4#]
1. ... Rdxe8 2. Nxd5#
1. ... Rfxe8 2. Nxf5#
1. ... Ne4/d3 2. R(x)d3#
1. ... Bxe2+ 2. Qxe2#
1. ... Bxe8 2. Qf3#
1. ... Qxe8 2. Nc2#
1. ... hxg2+ 2. Nxg2#
Date added: 29/9/2022
2687
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - Schach, Mar 1999 )
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1. Nc5! [2. Qe6#]
1. ... d5 2. Nd7#
1. ... Bc4 2. Ne4#
1. ... Nxc5 2. Qc3#
Date added: 29/9/2022
2688
(Nicolo Belli - L'Alfiere di Re, 1923)
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1. Bh2! [2. Qg4#]
1. ... Be5 2. Bg1#
1. ... bxc4, Rxc4 2. Qd8/d7#
1. ... bxa4 2. Qxh8#
1. ... d2 2. Rxd2#
Date added: 29/9/2022