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Avatar of xman720

In another thread I was trying to find the fastest copycat mate, and I thought I would move that here and see what other cool mate records anyone has. Anyways, here are some random ideas and the best I could come up with for them:

Fastest copycat mate: 7 moves

Fastest mate with a pawn: 4 moves

 

Fastest smother mate: 3 moves

Technical definition: King is fully surrounded by his own pieces and mated by a knight.

Fastest mate with a bishop: 3 moves

Fastest back rank mate: 4 moves

Technical definition: King is on either the 1st or 8th rank and is blocked from the 7th rank by his own pieces, then mated by a heavy piece.

Fastest rook mate: 5 moves

Fastest king mate: 5 moves
 
 
 
fastest castle mate: 7 moves
 
 
 
Fastest double bishop mate: 5 moves
 

 Let me know if you have improvements to these or other ideas to try.

Avatar of LironM

I love seeing creative patterns like these! Way to go grin.png 

Avatar of LironM

Oh, and by the way, there is a quicker copycat checkmate:

 

Avatar of Rocky64

These are a bit faster.

Fastest bishop mate.

 

Fastest back rank mate.