White to play and checkmate in two moves

Problems 2773 to 2784

2773

(Joao Batista Santiago - Magyar Sakkélet, Jul 1958)

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1. c3! [2. Rd4#]
1. ... Qe5 2. Qxe5#
1. ... Qf6, Ne6 2. N(x)f6#
1. ... Qxe4 2. Qxe4#
1. ... Qxd7+ 2. Qxd7#
1. ... Nxe4 2. Qxf7#
1. ... Nf3 2. Nxf4#
1. ... Nc2 2. c4#
1. ... Bxc3 2. Nxc3#

Date added: 22/11/2022

2774

(Michel Caillaud - Pat a Mat TT-1, 1992-1994 1st Prize, 1994)

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1. g5! waiting
1. ... Bxg5/g7/f8, Nf5/f3/g2 2. B(x)f5#
1. ... Ng6 2. Qxe3#

Date added: 30/11/2022

2775

(Abdelaziz Onkoud - МК Б.Маслов-75 (MK B.Maslov-75) Comm., 2013)

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1. Nxd3! [2. Qe5#]
1. ... Re7 2. Qd4#
1. ... Nc4 2. Nc5#
1. ... Bxd3+ 2. Bxd3#

Date added: 30/11/2022

2776

(Max Lange - Handbuch der Schachaufgaben, 1862)

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1. Qc1!+
1. ... Kb4 2. Qc5#
1. ... Bxc1 2. Bc5#
1. ... Nb2 2. Qxb2#

Date added: 1/12/2022

2777

(Vladimir Alekseevich Erohin - «64», 1976)

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1. Rb2! [2. Rb5#]
1. ... Be2 2. Qd4#
1. ... Qxb2, Na3 2. Nxa4#
1. ... Nc3, Bb4 2. Q(x)b4#

Date added: 1/12/2022

2778

(Werner Speckmann - Skakbladet, 1964)

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1. Qh1! waiting
1. ... Kxc3 2. Qc1#

Date added: 3/12/2022

2779

(John Nutt - British Chess Federation 13th Tourney Comm., 1933-1934, 1933)

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1. Rg2! [2. Bb3#]
1. ... Nd6 2. Ne7#
1. ... Ne5 2. Nf6#
1. ... Qe5+/f4/f5+ 2. Rg5#
1. ... Qg4+ 2. Rxg4#
1. ... Qf3+ 2. Bxf3#
1. ... Qxg2 2. Qxg2#
1. ... Qg6+ 2. Rxg6#

Date added: 3/12/2022

2780

(Francesc Armengol Burgues - Die Schwalbe, Sep 1936)

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1. Ra5! [2. Rxc5#]
1. ... Rc7, Be7 2. N(x)c7#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Rxc5#
1. ... Be3 2. Nf6#
1. ... Rb5 2. c4#

Date added: 3/12/2022

2781

(Chithathur Gopalan Sathya Narayanan - The Problemist 3rd Prize, 1978)

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1. Rb5! [2. Rxc5#]
1. ... b3 2. Qe4#
1. ... Kxd5 2. Qd4#

Date added: 3/12/2022

2782

(Godfrey C. Quack - Correspondence Chess, 1957)

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1. Bh3! [2. Rg6#]
1. ... Nc7 2. Qd8#
1. ... Ne7 2. Bg7#
1. ... Nb6 2. Qd6#
1. ... Nb4 2. Qxa1#
1. ... Nxf4 2. Rxf4#
1. ... Nc3, Qb1 2. Qd4#

Date added: 3/12/2022

2783

(Erwin Gross - Die Schwalbe, May 1963)

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1. Re6! [2. Rd6#]
1. ... Nf7 2. Bc6#
1. ... Rxd7+ 2. Qxd7#
1. ... b5 2. Ne3#
1. ... Kxd4 2. Rd3#

Date added: 3/12/2022

2784

(Eligiusz Zimmer - StrateGems, 2003)

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1. Ng5! [2. Nf7#]
1. ... Bd5 2. Qc7#
1. ... Ke5, Bc5 2. Qe6#

Date added: 3/12/2022