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