White to play and checkmate in two moves
2785
(Kurt Friedrich Laib - Norsk Sjakkblad 2-3, Februar-März 1935)
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1. Ng3! [2. Rxd3#]
1. ... Rxd7 2. Rxd7#
1. ... Rd6+ 2. Re4#
1. ... Re6+ 2. Rd5#
1. ... Rf6+ 2. Nc6#
1. ... Rc5+/xc4+ 2. Nd5#
1. ... Kf6 2. Rg4#
Date added: 3/12/2022
2786
(Ferenc Böhm - Die Schwalbe, Sep 1934)
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1. Qg3! [2. Qe3#]
1. ... Rd5 2. Rxd5#
1. ... Qf4 2. Bc3#
1. ... Qf3/c5 2. B(x)c5#
1. ... Qxb4+ 2. Rxb4#
1. ... Bh6 2. Qe5#
1. ... Bxd3 2. Qxd3#
1. ... Bf3 2. Qxf2#
1. ... Rf3 2. Nxe2#
Date added: 4/12/2022
2787
(Edwin Warton - The Chess Amateur, 1918)
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1. Qxb6!+
1. ... Kd5 2. Qxd6#
Date added: /10/2022
2788
(Arne Strande - Norsk Schakblad, Sep 1924)
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1. Re5! [2. Rf5#]
1. ... Qxb6 2. Re4, Nh5#
1. ... Qh6+/xe5 2. Q(x)h6#
1. ... Qd4/c5 2. Qf6/h6, Re4, Nh5#
1. ... Qf8+ 2. gxf8=Q/R#
1. ... Nd4 2. Nh5#
1. ... Kxe5 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Rxe5 2. Qf2#
Date added: 4/12/2022
2789
(Jozsef Szoghy & Tibor Feldmann - Limburgsch Dagblad 1st-2nd Prize, 1940)
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1. Bf6! [2. dxc5#]
1. ... Nxb7/d7/a4/b3, Bc6 2. Nc8#
1. ... Nxe6, Bf3/g2/h1/d5/xb7 2. Ne8#
1. ... Qe5 2. dxe5#
Date added: 4/12/2022
2790
(Stephen Rosskamm Shalom & Peter Vogel - William Paterson University, 2001)
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1. gxf8=R! [2. e8=Q, e8=B, e8=N#]
1. ... Kg7 2. e8=N#
Date added: 4/12/2022
2791
(Valerij YUr'evich Popov & V. Ust'yancev & Vasilij Fiodorovich CHaplygin - 7-й МК З.Бирнов (7-j MK Z.Birnov) 3rd Comm. Молодой ленинец (Волгоград), 1987)
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1. Bc4! [2. Qf6#]
1. ... Bxd8 2. Ne3#
1. ... Kxd6 2. Qe7#
1. ... Kf5 2. Qf6#
Date added: 4/12/2022
2792
(Hugo Knuppert & Lars Aksglaede Larsen - Die Schwalbe, 1968 3rd Comm., 2nd half year, Sep 1968)
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1. Rf5! [2. Rxe5#]
1. ... gxf5 2. Nf6#
1. ... exd4, Kxf5 2. Nd6#
1. ... Rxe3 2. Qg4#
1. ... Rg5 2. Qf3#
1. ... Bxe3 2. Qc2#
Date added: 5/12/2022
2793
(Herbert Kamczyk - Die Schwalbe, Mar 1962)
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1. Nc3! [2. Bg4, Be4#]
1. ... d5, Bc2 2. Bg4#
1. ... Bd5 2. Bg4, Nxd5#
1. ... Bxe6 2. Nd5#
Date added: 5/12/2022
2794
(Efren Petite - Het Belgisch Schaakbord (L'Echiquier Belge), 1955)
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1. d5! [2. Nxb5#]
1. ... Nxc7 2. Bxc7#
1. ... Rxd5 2. Nf5#
1. ... Bf1/xd5 2. Ne4#
Date added: 5/12/2022
2795
(Arthur Ford Mackenzie - Boys' Newspaper 2nd Prize, set, 1881)
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1. Re4! waiting
1. ... Rf6/g7/g8/h6, c3 2. Nc7#
1. ... Rxe6 2. Ne3#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Nf6#
1. ... Kxe6 2. Qc6#
1. ... Nd7/xf7/xg4/f3 2. Qa8#
1. ... Nc6 2. Qxc4#
1. ... Nb4/f4/b2/xf2/c1/e1 2. Rxe5#
Date added: 5/12/2022
2796
(Miklos S. Locker & Viktor Oleksandrovich Mel'nichenko - Kárpáti Igaz Szó, 1968)
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1. Bd2! waiting
1. ... Ke5 2. Qc5#
1. ... Kd4 2. Qd6#
Date added: 5/12/2022