fastest possible checkmate in different variants

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everybody knows the fastest checkmate in chess is 2 moves, i.e. 1. f3 e5 2. g4 Qh4#.

what if we take positions from other variants (that don't have the same position as usual, like 3+ or koth) and find the minimal possible checkmate (or win/loss in general).

two that i am really interested in are rookmate and villager's chess.

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just a sidenote, i want 2-player variants only. DON'T DO 4PV'S IN THIS THREAD.

that will probably be designated for another thread who knows

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i remember that i got checkmated in 4p in 2 moves

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Ashtandrez (1.5)

1. Ce4-f7 .. Ce11-f8
2. Cf7-i8+#

Caught in a Snag (1.5)

1. Gg5-e7+ .. Gh10-h8
2. Mh5-i7+#

The X of Tricks (1.5)

1. Vi5-j8 .. Yg11xAi11
2. Vj8xYi11#

Rubicon (2)

1. @rN-g4 .. @yM-h8
2. @rN-i4 .. Mh8xg6+#

Villagers (2)

1. βh5-h7 .. βh10-h8
2. h4-h6 .. βh8xβh7+#

Enchanted Woodland (2)

1. γi5-j6 .. Ci11-j8
2. Kj4-i5 .. Cj8xKi5#

Blackletter (2)

1. Eh3-h4 .. @yM-i4
2. Qf3-e4 .. @yM-g3+#

Gothic (2.5)

1. Eg4-h6 .. f10-f9
2. Hi4-j6 .. Nd11-f10
3. Hj6-g9+#

The Lake (2.5)

1. Oj4xFk6&Θ-j4 .. Gh11xFh9&Θj4-h11
2. Ok6xFi7&Θh11-k6 .. Gh9-h11&Θk6-j4
3. Oi7xWg11#

Thermopylae (2.5)

1. Vf4-g7 .. Rk11-k9 .. Ri1-j1+ .. Mh14-i12
2. Vg7xKh9+ .. Rk9-k10 .. Rj1-i1+ .. Mi12-i11
3. Vh9xMi11#

Chaturanga (3)

1. g5-g6 .. Nj11-i9
2. e5-e6 .. Ni9-g8
3. Ne4-g5 .. Ng8-f6+#

Courier (3.5)

1. Rm4-m6 .. Wi11-h11
2. Rm6-j6 .. Wh11-h10
3. Rj6xj10 .. Kg11-h11
4. Rj10xBj11+#

Crazy Cavalier (3.5)

1. Vj4-i7 .. Vj11-i9
2. Vd4-e7 .. Mh12-j11
3. Ve7-h8 .. Vi9-h12
4. Vi7-k8+#

Saturn's Ring (4)

1. e7-f7 .. j10-i10
2. Gc9-e7 .. Rk10-j10
3. Bd10-b8 .. Gl9-i12
4. Rd9-c9 .. Gi12xKd7+#

Ambush (4.5)

1. @rK-d5 .. @yK-k10
2. @rR-k5 .. @yR-d10
3. βk6-k7 .. βk9-k8
4. βk7xβk8 .. Kk10-k9
5. βk8xKk9#

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Holy Saturn's Rings. Whaaaaaat?
How is that the shortest mate

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I got checkmated in 2 moves (in Ashtandrez) by my friend on my first time playing.

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Self-Partner:

1. h2-h3 .. b7-c7 .. i13-i12 .. m8-k8
2. Qg1xm7+ .. [literally anything] .. Qh14xm9+ .. #

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JkCheeseChess wrote:

ashtandrez is a 2P variant how did you get self partner to work

2 unrelated topics. I often do that and seperate them with a single hyphen.

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there are probably a lot of 2 or 3-move checkmates in villager chess

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Nope, there is only one shortest mate

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Trapped Queens can be done in 2 (using regular 8x8 board notation, treating red as white)

1. Rb1 axb1=Q

2. d3 Qxc1#

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Counterturn can be done in 1

@Ka4 @Qa6+#

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Spell Chess: 1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nf6 3. jump@f7Qe8#

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Spell Chess - there is a mate in 3 plies

1. e4 freeze@d2 d5 2. freeze@c7 Bb5#

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Chaturaji Alt Teams:

1. Ne4-f6 .. Kd8-d7 .. Nj11-i9 .. Nk5-i6
2. Nf6xKd7#

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Saturn's Ring (3.5)

1. Wb9-b8 .. j9-i9
2. Vd6-g7 .. Vk6-j9
3. Vg7-h9 .. Vj9-m8
4. Vh9xRk10+#

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use regular board notation

not analysis notation

please

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Just copy/paste it into analysis mode and load it

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ye

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Xiangqi: 3 moves. | 1. A5B5 H2I2, 2. B5B6 H8H6, 3. A6B5 I2I6 #

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