White to play and checkmate in two moves
2893
(Elmar Abdullayev - ChessStar, 2017)
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1. Rb6! waiting
1. ... Kg4/xg3 2. Qh4#
1. ... Ke3 2. Qf3#
1. ... Ke5 2. Bc7#
Date added: 25/1/2023
2894
(Stefan Sovik - Московский конкурс 5th-6th HM, 2017)
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1. Rxb3! waiting
1. ... f4 2. Nxg4#
1. ... f2 2. d4#
compare to #2895
Date added: 25/1/2023
2895
(Stefan Sovik - Московский конкурс 5th-6th HM, 2017)
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1. Rxb4! waiting
1. ... f4 2. Re4#
1. ... f2 2. Bf4#
compare to #2894
Date added: 25/1/2023
2896
(Aleksandr Grigor'evich Andreev - Кубань сегодня (Kuban' segodnya ), 2001)
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1. Bf4! [2. Qxg5#]
1. ... gxf4 2. Qg6#
1. ... g4 2. Qd5#
1. ... Kh6 2. Rxh4#
Date added: 25/1/2023
2897
(Aleksej Grigor'evich Kopnin - Brubel JT 2nd HM, 1948)
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1. Qa3! [2. Qxb4#]
1. ... Qc5 2. Qb3#
1. ... Nd5 2. Bd3#
1. ... Nd3 2. Bb3#
1. ... Na2 2. Ne3#
1. ... Nxc2 2. Qc3#
1. ... Kc5 2. Qxb4#
Date added: 25/1/2023
2898
(Antonin Konig - Světozor, 1870)
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1. Qg8! waiting
1. ... f2, Kh2 2. N(x)f3#
1. ... h2, Kf2 2. N(x)h3#
Date added: 26/1/2023
2899
(Gerhard Paul Latzel - Deutsche Schachzeitung 4th HM, Dec 1956)
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1. Nd2! [2. Nf3, Nf1#]
1. ... Ne4 2. Nf3#
1. ... Ng4 2. Rh1#
1. ... Nd1 2. Nf1#
Date added: 26/1/2023
2900
(Lev Il'ich Loshinskij & Georgij Baev - Матч Москва - Ростов, 1930 2nd Place, (Board 8) 64 — Шахматы и шашки в рабочем клубе, 20 Sep 1930)
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1. g3! [2. Nf4#]
1. ... Nd6 2. Qxd6#
1. ... Rcc4 2. Qe7#
1. ... Re4 2. Rd5#
1. ... Rd4 2. cxd4, Nxd4#
1. ... Rhc4/a4 2. Nd4#
1. ... Rb4 2. c4#
1. ... Rh1 2. Ng1#
1. ... Bxd3+ 2. Nxd3#
Date added: 26/1/2023
2901
(Joseph John Warton - The Problemist, 1958)
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1. Ra6! [2. Bc6#]
1. ... Nd7 2. exd8=N#
1. ... Nf7 2. exf8=N#
1. ... Rxe7+, Rf7+ 2. Ng7#
1. ... Kd7 2. e8=Q#
1. ... Rxh6+ 2. Nxh6#
1. ... Rxf5 2. Qxf5#
Date added: 26/1/2023
2902
(Hauke Reddmann - Die Schwalbe, Jun 2011)
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1. Rg5! [2. Bd6#]
1. ... d5 2. Qc1#
1. ... Bd5 2. Rxb5#
1. ... N6d5 2. Ne4#
1. ... N4d5 2. Nxd3#
Date added: 29/1/2023
2903
(Stefan Dittrich - Schach-Aktiv (Album FIDE 1986-1988), 1988)
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1. Nd6! [2. Qd5#]
1. ... Ne6 2. Nf7#
1. ... Nb3 2. Nc4#
1. ... Kd4/xd6 2. Qd5#
Date added: 29/1/2023
2904
(Tomas Peitl - Pravda (Bratislava) 3rd HM, 2004-05, 22 Apr 2004)
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1. c5! waiting
1. ... e4, Kc4 2. Qb5#
1. ... Ke4 2. Qf5#
Date added: 29/1/2023