White to play and checkmate in two moves
2725
(Ettore Foschini - L'Italia Scacchistica, 1917)
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1. Qe2! [2. Nc3#]
1. ... d5 2. Bd4#
1. ... Kd5+ 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Kf5+ 2. Nc3#
1. ... Kf4+ 2. Nxf6, Bd4#
Date added: 1/10/2022
2726
(Charles Dealtry Locock - Northern Whig, 1896)
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1. Qd2! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... Nxe5 2. Ba7#
1. ... dxe5, Rxe5 2. Qb4#
1. ... d5 2. Nxe6#
1. ... Bf3 2. Nxf3#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qc3#
1. ... exd2 2. Nb5#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2727
(Anatolij Grigorovich Vasilenko - MT Jan Hannelius - 100 Comm. Tehtäväniekat, 2017)
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1. Qf5! [2. Nf4#]
1. ... Rxc6+ 2. Bxc6#
1. ... gxh5/g5 2. e6#
1. ... dxc3 2. Rd1#
compare to #2728
Date added: 8/10/2022
2728
(Anatolij Grigorovich Vasilenko - MT Jan Hannelius - 100 Comm. Tehtäväniekat, 2017)
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1. Rg5! [2. e6#]
1. ... Bxd6, Nxd6 2. exd6#
1. ... Rxc6+ 2. Bxc6#
1. ... Qe6 2. Bxe6#
compare to #2727
Date added: 8/10/2022
2729
(Francis Vaux Wilson - Buletin Problemistic
2nd Comm., 1971)
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1. Nd5! [2. Nc3#]
1. ... Rc8 2. Nxf6#
1. ... Nxd5 2. Qd4, Rd4#
1. ... Ke5 2. Qe7#
1. ... Be5 2. f3#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2730
(Al'bert Serapionovich SHahnazaryan - За огнеупоры (Za ogneupory), 1989)
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1. Bh5! [2. Qg4#]
1. ... Kxh5 2. Rxh3#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2731
(Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Azhusin - Радянське слово (Radyans'ke slovo), 1972)
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1. Qa8! waiting
1. ... Ka4/a3/a5 2. Bc5#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qe4#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2732
(V. Ust'yancev - Шах (Боровичи), May 1987 )
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1. Qb1! waiting
1. ... Kd5 2. Qe4#
1. ... d5 2. Qb6#
1. ... c4 2. Qb5#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2733
(William Timbrell Pierce - The City of London Chess Magazine, Apr 1874)
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1. Qe7! [2. Qxe4#]
1. ... Bc6, Qe5 2. Qa3#
1. ... Qb7 2. Qa3, Bxf4#
1. ... Qxe7/c6, Nd6/e5, Re5 2. Bxf4#
1. ... Ng5, Re6 2. Nfg4#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2734
(Herbert Siegfried Oskar Ahues - The Field, 22 May 1958)
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1. Qa2! [2. Rf5#]
1. ... Ne7 2. Rd6#
1. ... Rc4 2. Qa6#
1. ... Rxa2, Bc4 2. Nxe4#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2735
(Petr Nowizki - Polski Zwiazek Szachowy, 2 Apr 2019)
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1. Ka7! [2. Rd5#]
1. ... Rxd6 2. Bxd6#
1. ... Qa2 2. Ng4#
1. ... Qxf3 2. Nc4#
1. ... Qxe3+ 2. Rxe3#
Date added: 8/10/2022
2736
(Dieter Muller - DDR-Bulgarien 2nd Place Schach, 1984)
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1. Qa8! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... dxe6 2. Nxe6#
1. ... Bf3 2. Nxf3#
1. ... Qa2/xa8 2. Bc3#
Date added: 8/10/2022