White to play and checkmate in two moves
2881
(Edgar Dinwiddie Holladay - Magyar Sakkélet, 1974)
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1. Nf5! [2. Qxe6#]
1. ... Qxe7 2. Rxe3#
1. ... Qe5 2. Rb4#
1. ... Kd5 2. Qc6#
1. ... Kxf5 2. Bh7#
1. ... Bxf5 2. Qc4#
Date added: 23/1/2023
2882
(Ralf Menzel - Die Schwalbe, 1981)
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1. Bxh7! waiting
1. ... Rb7 2. Bb2#
1. ... Ra7/f7 2. Bb2/xa3/d2/e3/f4/g5/h6#
1. ... Rc8 2. Bg8#
1. ... Rd7 2. Bd2#
1. ... Re7 2. Be3#
1. ... Rg7+ 2. Bg5#
1. ... Rxh7 2. Rxh7, Bb2/xa3/d2/e3/f4/g5/h6#
1. ... Rc6 2. Bg6#
1. ... Rc5 2. Bf5#
1. ... Rc4 2. Be4#
1. ... Rc3 2. Bg6/f5/e4/d3/c2/b1/g8#
1. ... Rc2 2. Bxc2#
1. ... Rxc1 2. Bg6/f5/e4/d3/c2/b1/g8, Rxc1#
Date added: 23/1/2023
2883
(Cyril George Rains - Chess, 1939)
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1. Qh8! waiting
1. ... Nb7/c6 2. Qg8#
1. ... Nf7/e6 2. Qa8#
1. ... Rc1/b1/a1/d4/e1/f1/g1 2. Q(x)d4#
1. ... Rd2/d3 2. Qh1#
Date added: 23/1/2023
2884
(Robert A. Lincoln - The Problemist, 1992)
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1. Nd7! [2. R5f4#]
1. ... Bg5 2. Nc5#
1. ... Bd6 2. Nf6#
Date added: 23/1/2023
2885
(G. Rabtschenok - Интеллектуальные игры (Intellektual'nye igry) 1st HM, 1991)
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1. Ke1! [2. Qd3, Qc3, Qxb3#]
1. ... Bxf6, Rxf6, Ned4, Nbd4 2. Qd3#
1. ... Nf4 2. Qc3/xb3#
1. ... Qxc6, Nxc1 2. Qc3#
1. ... d4, Rd4 2. Qxb3#
1. ... Na5/d2/a1, a1=N 2. Qd3/c3#
1. ... a1=Q/B 2. Qd3/xb3#
Date added: 23/1/2023
2886
(Adonis Pietraru - Revista de Şah, 1952)
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1. Ne4! waiting
1. ... g5 2. Ng3#
1. ... dxe4 2. Ra5#
1. ... Kxe4 2. Bc2#
1. ... d3 2. g4#
Date added: 23/1/2023
2887
(Pavel Aleksandrovich Murashiov & Anatolij Vasil'evich Slesarenko - Zoran Gavrilovski-50 JT Comm., The North Macedonian Problemist, 2018)
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1. Ndxf3! [2. Qd4#]
1. ... dxc5 2. Be6#
1. ... Kc4 2. Qd4#
1. ... Bxf3 2. Bxf3#
Date added: 23/1/2023
2888
(Hieronymus Fischer - Caïssa Bambergensis!, 1902)
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1. Bc5! [2. Be4, Bf3, Bg2, Bh1, Bc4, Bb3, Bc6, Bb7, Ba8, Be6, Bf7, Bg8#]
1. ... Kd7+ 2. Bg8#
1. ... Rh7 2. Bf7#
1. ... Rh6 2. Be6#
1. ... Rh4 2. Be4#
1. ... Rh3 2. Bf3#
1. ... Rh2 2. Bg2#
1. ... Rh1 2. Bxh1#
1. ... Ra6 2. Bc6#
1. ... Ra8+ 2. Bxa8#
1. ... Rxb5+ 2. Bb7#
1. ... Ra4 2. Bc4#
1. ... Ra3 2. Bb3#
1. ... Rxa2 2. Bxa2#
Date added: 24/1/2023
2889
(J. L. Peake - The Observer, 1959)
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1. Qb5! [2. Be7#]
1. ... Ng6 2. Nh7#
1. ... Nd5 2. Qc6#
1. ... Bd5 2. Qxb2#
1. ... Ba3 2. Bd4#
Date added: 24/1/2023
2890
(Arthur Goodwin Stubbs - The Chess Amateur, 1926)
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1. Qh5! [2. Qe8#]
1. ... Nh4+ 2. Be4#
1. ... Ne1+ 2. Ne4#
1. ... Qd1+ 2. Bd3#
1. ... Qxh5+ 2. Nxh5#
Date added: 24/1/2023
2891
(Rainer Heinz - Schach-Echo, 1980)
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1. Ng3! [2. f4#]
1. ... Nd5 2. Rxe6#
1. ... g5 2. Qf6#
1. ... Bxg3/g5 2. Q(x)g5#
1. ... Nd3 2. Qe3, Bxd4#
Date added: 24/1/2023
2892
(Kenneth Samuel Howard - El Ajedrez Argentino, 1926)
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1. Rgg7! [2. Ref7#]
1. ... Bd5 2. Qxc3#
1. ... Rd7 2. Re6#
1. ... Rb7 2. Qf3#
1. ... Rg5+ 2. hxg5#
1. ... Qe5+ 2. Qf4#
Date added: 25/1/2023