White to play and checkmate in two moves
2761
(Murray Marble - British Chess Magazine, Jan 1915)
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1. Qa3! [2. Qb2#]
1. ... Nc6 2. Bxd6#
1. ... Rxc5+ 2. Qxc5#
1. ... Bxd3+ 2. Nxd3#
1. ... Nf5 2. Re4#
1. ... Nc4 2. Bd4#
1. ... Ne4 2. d4#
1. ... a1=Q/B/N+ 2. Qxa1#
Date added: 21/11/2022
2762
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Il Problema Comm., 1932)
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1. Qb3! [2. Nf5#]
1. ... Rxf6+ 2. Bxf6#
1. ... Rc4 2. f7#
1. ... Bc4 2. Nxc6#
1. ... Nc4 2. Qxd3#
1. ... Qc4 2. f5#
1. ... Qxf4+ 2. Rxf4#
Date added: 21/11/2022
2763
(Erkki Hinkka - Vaasa 1st HM, 1966)
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1. Qe5! waiting
1. ... Ne6/g6/d5/h5/d3/e2/g2 2. Qh2#
1. ... g3 2. Qxf5#
1. ... Kg3 2. Qe3#
Date added: 21/11/2022
2764
(Rainer Paslack - Schach, Sep 1999)
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1. Qh8! [2. f5#]
1. ... g5 2. fxg5#
1. ... Nd6/c3 2. Nc6#
Date added: 21/11/2022
2765
(Jacob E. Funk - The Problemist, 1955)
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1. Re1! [2. Qg5#]
1. ... Ne8 2. dxe8=Q/R#
1. ... Nxd7 2. Nxd7#
1. ... Nd5 2. exd5#
1. ... Nxe4 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Nxg4 2. Nxg4#
1. ... Bxc3 2. Bxc7#
1. ... Ng7/g3 2. Q(x)g3#
1. ... Nf4 2. Qd4#
Date added: 22/11/2022
2766
(Samuyil Davidovich Lejtes - Schach, Apr 1977)
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1. Rd8! [2. Nb4, Nf4#]
1. ... Bd6 2. Nf4#
1. ... Bb6 2. Ne5#
1. ... Bxd8 2. Nf4, Ne5#
1. ... Qd2, Be2 2. Nb4#
1. ... Qb6 2. Ne1#
1. ... c3, Nbd2, Nfd2 2. Nb4, Ne1#
1. ... Nc5/d4 2. R(x)d4#
Date added: /10/2022
2767
(Anatolij S. YArovenko - 64 — Шахматное обозрение (64 — SHahmatnoe obozrenie), 1989 )
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1. Qb3! [2. Nc2#]
1. ... Rc7/xb3 2. Rxe4#
1. ... gxf4 2. Nb4#
1. ... exd3 2. Bc1#
Date added: 22/11/2022
2768
(Eugene Beauharnais Cook - American Chess-Nuts, 1868)
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1. Ree8! waiting
1. ... f5 2. Rxe5#
1. ... Re6 2. Rxe6#
1. ... Re7 2. Rxe7#
1. ... Rxe8 2. Rxe8#
1. ... Re4 2. Rxe4#
1. ... Re3 2. Rxe3#
1. ... Ree2 2. N4d3#
1. ... Qb1/a1/b2/a3 2. Bxd2#
1. ... Qd1 2. N2d3#
Date added: 22/11/2022
2769
(Arnoldo Ellerman - Skakbladet, Sep 1932)
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1. Rd3! [2. Nce2#]
1. ... Qxb8/c7 2. Nxd5#
1. ... Rc7 2. Bh5#
1. ... Rxg4+ 2. Qxg4#
1. ... Bxd4+ 2. Rxd4#
1. ... Bc7 2. Ne6#
1. ... Bxf3 2. Rxf3#
Date added: 22/11/2022
2770
(Mikola Vasil'ovich CHernyavs'kij & Nikolaj Ivanovich Bel'chikov - Прапор перемоги (Prapor peremogi) 3rd HM, 1972)
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1. Qh1! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... Kd4 2. Qd5#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qe4#
Date added: 22/11/2022
2771
(Jean Morice & Laurent Bouchez - Les Echos du Touquet 1st Comm., 1995)
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1. Qf6! [2. e6#]
1. ... Rxd5 2. Qf4#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Rd6#
1. ... Qe2/f2/h2 2. Rc4#
1. ... Qxd5 2. Qf2#
Date added: 22/11/2022
2772
(Arpad Molnar - Magyar Sakkélet HM, 1955)
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1. Be6! [2. Bg3#]
1. ... Ngf5, Rf5 2. Qe4#
1. ... Bf5 2. Qd6/e5#
1. ... Re5/xh4, Ndf5 2. Q(x)e5#
1. ... Rxd5 2. Nxd5#
1. ... Nxe2 2. Nxe2#
Date added: 22/11/2022