White to play and checkmate in two moves
2809
(William Bayard Rice - Good Companion, 1915 1st Prize, 15 Jun 1915)
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1. Rd8! [2. Qe7#]
1. ... b5 2. Qa5#
1. ... c5 2. Nb5#
1. ... Re5, Bd6 2. Q(x)d6#
1. ... Rd5 2. Rxc6#
1. ... Rc5 2. Rh7#
Date added: 8/12/2022
2810
(Hrvoje Bartolovic - British Chess Federation 1st Prize, 1978-1979, 1979)
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1. Nd6! [2. Re4#]
1. ... cxd6 2. Bd4#
1. ... exf5 2. Rxf5#
1. ... exd5 2. Nxd3#
1. ... Rbe1 2. Qb2#
1. ... Rge1 2. Qg7#
Date added: 8/12/2022
2811
(Arnoldo Ellerman - L'Italia Scacchistica, 1926)
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1. Ng6! [2. Be3#]
1. ... Kg5 2. Bd4#
1. ... Qxb2/xd3/a5/f4 2. Ng(x)f4#
1. ... Qxe2+ 2. Bf2# 1. ... Qc3 2. Ngf4, Bd4#
1. ... Qb4 2. Ngf4, Bxb4#
1. ... Qg5+ 2. Ng3#
Date added: 8/12/2022
2812
(A. Marroquin - Internet (www.forthnet.gr), 1999)
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1. Qa1! waiting
1. ... Kc6 2. Qh1#
1. ... Ke6 2. Qa2#
Date added: 13/12/2022
2813
(Samuel Loyd - Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug 1877)
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1. Kg8! waiting
1. ... g6/g5 2. h8=Q/B#
1. ... bxc5 2. Qxc5#
1. ... Kc3/e5, Qg3/f3/e3/d3/a3/e6+, Ng4 2. N(x)e6#
1. ... e3, Qb3+/g4/f5/d7/c8, Bf3, Nf3, Ne3/g3 2. N(x)b3#
1. ... Qc3 2. Qd6, Ne6#
1. ... Qxh4 2. Ne6/b3#
Date added: 13/12/2022
2814
(Frantisek Culka - Právo lidu, 1905)
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1. Qf7! waiting
1. ... Kxe4 2. Qf3#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qxe6#
1. ... Kxc6 2. Qb7#
Date added: 13/12/2022
2815
(Brian Harley - The Observer, 1926)
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1. Ra5! [2. Rb5, Bd2#]
1. ... Nd6, Kxa5 2. Bd2#
1. ... Nxa5 2. Ba3#
1. ... Na4 2. Rb5, Qxa4#
1. ... Nc4 2. Qa4#
1. ... e3 2. Rb5#
Date added: 13/12/2022
2816
(Werner Speckmann - Schach, 1962 2nd Prize, Feb 1962)
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1. Bg8! waiting
1. ... a2 2. Qxb2#
1. ... bxc1=Q/R/B 2. Qb6#
1. ... bxc1=N 2. Qa1/b6#
1. ... cxb1=Q/R/B/N 2. Rc6#
Date added: 30/12/2022
2817
(William Anthony Shinkman - Saint John Globe, 1905)
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1. Ka3! waiting
1. ... d1=Q/R 2. Bh4#
1. ... d1=B 2. Bh4/d2#
1. ... d1=N 2. Bd2#
1. ... Kd1 2. Qxd2#
Date added: 30/12/2022
2818
(V Beszczynski - Práca Comm., 1 Oct 1954)
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1. Qd6! [2. Qh2#]
1. ... g3 2. Qxd7#
1. ... Bg1/g3 2. Q(x)g3#
Date added: 31/12/2022
2819
(Umut Sayman - e4 e5, 2015)
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1. Ne6! [2. Nd7, Nxc6#]
1. ... Rxe6, Ne7, Bg2 2. Nd7#
1. ... Nf8, Bxe6 2. Nxc6#
1. ... Nxe5 2. Rg8#
Date added: 31/12/2022
2820
(Alfreds A. Dombrovskis - «64», 1972 )
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1. Nxh6! waiting
1. ... Qxg7+ 2. Qxg7#
1. ... Qxh8 2. gxh8=Q/B#
1. ... Qxh6 2. Rxh6#
1. ... Qg6 2. Nd7#
1. ... Qxg8+ 2. Nxg8#
1. ... Nf7/e4/f3/h3 2. Q(x)f7#
Date added: 31/12/2022