Here are some 'mate in 7' chess puzzles (rated by lichess).
The color disk on the diagram indicates who moves first.

Solutions are between the brackets under each puzzle.
Drag your cursor from one bracket to the other.


[ 37. Nf5+ Kh5 38. g4+ Kxg4 39. Ne3+ Kh5 40. Qf5+ Kh6 41. Ng4+ Kg7 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Nh6# ] (2408)


[ 14. hxg5+ Kg8 15. Rh8+ Kxh8 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. g6 Nf6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8# ] (2433)


[ 39... Rb1+ 40. Re1 Rxe1+ 41. Kxe1 Bc3+ 42. Kf1 Qc1+ 43. Ke2 Qd2+ 44. Kf3 Qd3+ 45. Kf4 Bd2# ] (2478)


[ 44. Nh6+ Kh8 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. Qg8+ Kxh6 47. Qh8+ Kg5 48. f4+ Kf5 49. Qh7+ g6 50. Qxg6# ] (2505)


[ 35... Qxg4+ 36. fxg4 Bxe4+ 37. Kf1 Rh1+ 38. Ke2 Rh2+ 39. Kd1 Bf3+ 40. Ke1 Nd3+ 41. Kf1 Rh1# ] (2515)


[ 13. hxg5+ Kg8 14. Rh8+ Kxh8 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. g6 Nf6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Qh8# ] (2533)


[ 15. hxg5+ Kg8 16. Rh8+ Kxh8 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. g6 Nf6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8# ] (2546)


[ 67. Kc2 h5 68. h4 g5 69. hxg5 h4 70. g6 h3 71. g7 h2 72. g8=Q h1=Q 73. Qg7# ] (2552)


[ 43. Bh3+ Kf6 44. Qd6+ Kf7 45. Be6+ Kg6 46. Bg8+ Kh5 47. Bf7+ Kg4 48. Qe6+ Kf3 49. Bh5# ] (2556)


[ 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Rxf7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. Rxh7+ Kg4 36. Rh4+ Qxh4 37. Qf4+ Kh5 38. Qxh4# ] (2557)


[ 20... Nc3+ 21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Kb2 Na4+ 23. Bxa4 Ba3+ 24. Kxa3 Qxa4+ 25. Kb2 Rb4+ 26. cxb4 Qxb4# ] (2568)


[ 32. Rf3+ Kg5 33. Re5+ Kh4 34. Rf4+ Bg4 35. g3+ Kh3 36. Rh5+ Bxh5 37. Bf5+ Bg4 38. Bxg4# ] (2568)


[ 38... Rc1+ 39. Ka2 Qb1+ 40. Kb3 Qc2+ 41. Kb4 Qxb2+ 42. Ka4 Rc4+ 43. Bb4 Rxb4+ 44. axb4 Qa2# ] (2573)


[ 20... Bf4+ 21. Kd3 c5 22. d5 c4+ 23. Kd4 Re4+ 24. Nxe4 Rxd5+ 25. Kc3 Nxe4+ 26. Kb4 Bd6# ] (2587)


[ 38... Qa3+ 39. Kc2 Qa2+ 40. Kd3 Ra3+ 41. Nc3 Rxc3+ 42. Kxc3 Ba5+ 43. Kd4 Qd2+ 44. Kc5 Qd6# ] (2597)


[ 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. g6+ Kf6 28. Qh4+ Kxg6 29. Qh5+ Kf6 30. Ne4+ fxe4 31. Rf1+ Bf5 32. Qxf5# ] (2598)


[ 23... Nf3+ 24. Kf1 Qxa1+ 25. Kxg2 Qg7+ 26. Ng3 Nh4+ 27. Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Ke2 Qg4+ 29. f3 Qxf3# ] (2598)


[ 49... Kf3 50. Kh1 Ra1+ 51. Rg1 Rxg1+ 52. Kxg1 Ke2 53. a7 f3 54. a8=Q f2+ 55. Kh1 f1=Q# ] (2603)


[ 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 32. Rb6+ f6+ 33. Rxf6+ Kh5 34. h3 g4 35. Rh6+ Kg5 36. h4# ] (2612)


[ 18. R1h6+ Kg5 19. f4+ Kxf4 20. g3+ Kxg4 21. Rg7+ Kf5 22. g4+ Kf4 23. Rf6+ Qf5 24. Rxf5# ] (2649)


[ 28... Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Re1+ 30. Kg2 Qg3+ 31. fxg3 Re2+ 32. Kf1 Nxg3+ 33. Kg1 Bd4+ 34. Be3 Bxe3# ] (2653)


[ 42. h4+ Kg4 43. Qg6+ Bg5 44. Qxe6+ Kh5 45. g4+ Kxh4 46. Nf5+ Kxg4 47. Ng3+ Kh4 48. Qh3# ] (2666)


[ 22... Qxb5+ 23. axb5 Bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Bb2+ 25. Kxa2 Ra8+ 26. Kb3 Ra3+ 27. Kc4 Rxc3+ 28. Kd5 Ne7# ] (2668)


[ 47... Qh4+ 48. Kg1 Qf2+ 49. Kh1 Qf1+ 50. Kh2 g3+ 51. Kh3 Qf5+ 52. Kxg3 Qf4+ 53. Kh3 Qh4# ] (2694)


[ 43. Nf8+ Kh5 44. R4e5+ g5 45. Rxg5+ Kxh4 46. Rh5+ Kxh5 47. Re5+ Kh4 48. Ng6+ Kh3 49. Rh5# ] (2737)


[ 31. Qh6 Rg8 32. g6 Rxg6 33. Qxh7+ Kxh7 34. Rh3+ Rh6 35. Rxh6+ Kg8 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Rh8# ] (2749)


[ 33... Rxh3+ 34. Kg2 Rh2+ 35. Kxh2 Bf4+ 36. Kg1 Qg6+ 37. Kf2 Qc2+ 38. Ke1 Bg3+ 39. Rf2 Qxf2# ] (2771)


[ 25. Re8+ Kf7 26. Ne5+ Kf6 27. Ng4+ Kf5 28. Ne3+ Kxf4 29. g3+ Kg5 30. Re5+ Kf6 31. Ng4# ] (2773)


[ 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Ndf5+ gxf5 24. Nxf5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Kf7 26. Qg7+ Ke6 27. Nd4# ] (2790)


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