White to play and checkmate in two moves
2701
(Pietro Luciano Placanico & Valerio Agostini & Gabriele Brunori - Best Problems, Jan 2013)
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1. Qxh4! [2. Qxh2#]
1. ... Qxd7+ 2. Rxd7#
1. ... Bg1 2. Qf4/g3, Be5#
1. ... Bg3 2. Qxg3#
1. ... Bf4 2. Qxf4#
1. ... Be5 2. Bxe5#
Date added: 29/9/2022
2702
(Wilhelm Karl Heinrich Massmann - Kieler Neueste Nachrichten, 1938)
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1. Qc3! waiting
1. ... Kf2 2. Qd2#
1. ... Kd1 2. Bf3#
Date added: 30/9/2022
2703
(Hermann Feodor Lehner - Schachprobleme, 1878)
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1. Kc6! [2. Rd8#]
1. ... Kc8 2. Ra8#
Date added: 30/9/2022
2704
(Talip Hasanovich Amirov - Die Schwalbe, 1976)
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1. Qc2! [2. Rxe3#]
1. ... cxd3 2. Qc6#
1. ... Kxf3 2. Qg2#
1. ... gxf3 2. Rd5/d6/d7/d8/d2/d1, Qxc4#
Date added: 30/9/2022
2705
(Momcilo Janicijevic - Mezija, Jan 1997)
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1. Qa1! waiting
1. ... Kh4 2. Qh8#
1. ... Kg2 2. Qf1#
1. ... h1=Q/R/B/N 2. Qxh1#
Date added: 30/9/2022
2706
(Vladimir Pavlovich SHumarin - МК Б.Пустовой 4th Honorable Mention, Шахматное время (Омск), 2003)
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1. b8=N! waiting
1. ... Kb4 2. Na6#
1. ... Kb6 2. Nd7#
compare to #2707 and#2708
Date added: 30/9/2022
2707
(Vladimir Pavlovich SHumarin - МК Б.Пустовой 4th Honorable Mention, Шахматное время (Омск), 2003)
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1. g8=Q! waiting
1. ... Kb4 2. Qc4#
1. ... Kb6 2. Qg1#
compare to #2706 and#2708
Date added: 30/9/2022
2708
(Vladimir Pavlovich SHumarin - МК Б.Пустовой 4th Honorable Mention, Шахматное время (Омск), 2003)
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1. b8=B! waiting
1. ... Kb4 2. Bd6#
1. ... Kb6 2. Ba7#
compare to #2706 and#2707
Date added: 30/9/2022
2709
(Arthur M. Sparke - Good Companion, 1919)
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1. Qc6! [2. Rd6, Rdd7, Rd8, Re5, Rf5, Rh5, Rd4, Rxd3#]
1. ... d2+ 2. Rd3#
1. ... Ke4 2. Rh5#
1. ... Bf1/d1 2. Re5#
1. ... Qg2/h2/f1/g1/e1/e3/d4/xc5/g3/h4 2. Rf5#
Date added: 30/9/2022
2710
(Valerij YUr'evich SHan'shin - StrateGems
2nd HM StrateGems, 2011)
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1. Qa3! [2. Qxa4#]
1. ... Kxb5 2. Qb4#
1. ... c4 2. b6#
Date added: 30/9/2022
2711
(Comins Mansfield - British Chess Magazine, Nov 1918)
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1. Rd1! [2. Qc6#]
1. ... Nb8/f8/c5/e5 2. Qd6#
1. ... Nf6 2. Qg3#
1. ... e6 2. Qc2#
Date added: 30/9/2022
2712
(Anders Emil Wester - Revista de Sah, Sep 1967)
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1. Nc3! [2. Nd7#]
1. ... bxc3/b3 2. Qxa3#
1. ... Qa4 2. Nxa4#
1. ... Qa5+ 2. Qxa5#
1. ... Qa7+ 2. Qxa7#
1. ... Qxc3 2. Qa5/a7#
1. ... Nxe5 2. Qf2#
Date added: 30/9/2022