Checkmate in 7 moves
(Michael Lipton)
Nxf6+ - exf6
hxg6 - Rxc2+
Nxc2 - Nd3+
Kb1 - Qh5
Rxh5 - Re8
gxh7+ - Kh8
Qxf6#
Date added: 1/3/2021
Checkmate in 5 moves
(Johannes Kohtz & Carl Kockelkorn - Sonntags-Blatt für Jedermann aus dem Volke, 1887)
1.Qe1! ~ 2.Qe3 g5 3.Qe4# 
   1...Kg5 2.Qc1+ 
     2...Kh4 3.Qh6# 
     2...Kf5 3.Qe3 g5 4.Qe4# 
     2...Kh5 3.Qh1+ Kg5 4.Kg3 
         4...Kf5 5.Qd5# 
         4...f5 5.Qh4# 
Date added: 3/3/2021
Checkmate in 6 moves
(Josef Kling - Illustrated London News, 11 Mar 1848)
Qc3+ - Rb3
Qc5+ - Rb4
Qe3+ - Rb3
Qxe7+ - Rb4
Qd6 - Kb3
Qd3#
Date added: 11/3/2021
Checkmate in 5 moves
(Peter August d’Orville - Le Palamède, 1837 )
Nge5 - Ke3
c3 - Kd2
Nc4+ - Kxd3
b4 - Kxc4
Be2#
Date added: 14/3/2021
Checkmate in 5 moves
(Bonus Socius, 1300)
1.Ke6! ~ 2.Kf6 Kh7 3.g6+ Kg8 4.h7# 
   1...Kh7 2.Kf5 Kg8 3.Kf6 Kh7 4.g6+ Kg8 5.h7# 
Date added: 9/4/2021
Checkmate in 5 moves
(Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa - Surya Ganguly, Tata Steel India Blitz, Kolkata, 14.11.2018.)
1. h7+!
 1. ... Kg7 2. Rf7+
    2. ... Kh8 3. Kh6 [4. g7#]
       3. ... Rg8 4. Rf8 [5. Rxg8, hxg8=Q, hxg8=R, g7#]
          4. ... Rxf8 5. g7#
Date added: 19/4/2021
Checkmate in 10 moves
(Ernest Levonovich Pogosyanc - Chess Life & Review, Nov 1973)
Nf6 - Bb2
2. Nd5 - Ka1
3. Nb4+ - Bc1
4. K×c1 - c2
5. N×c2+ - Ka2
6. Nd4 - Ka1
7. Kc2 - Ka2
8. Ne2 - Ka1
9. Nc1 - a2
10. Nb3#
Date added: 20/4/2021
Checkmate in 4 moves
(Domenico Ercole del Rio - Osservazioni Teorico-Pratiche sopra il Giuoco degli Scacchi, 1763)
Ne6+ - Ke8
Qd8+ - Bxd8
Rf8+ - Rxf8
Ng7#
Date added: 20/4/2021
Checkmate in 4 moves
(Johannes Kohtz & Carl Kockelkorn - Festschrift des Akademischen Schachklubs München, 1911)
1.Qf7! ~ 2.Nd3+ Kd1 3.Qb3# 
   1...Bd5 2.Qa7! ~ 3.Qa1# 
     2...Ra4 3.Qh7! ~ 4.Qb1# 
       3...Re4 4.Qh1# 
       3...Be4 4.Qh4# 
       3...Ra1 4.Qh4# 
       3...Ba2 (Bb3) 4.Qh1# 
     2...Ba2 3.Qxa2 
     2...Bb3 (Be4) 3.Qa1+ Bd1 4.Nd3# 
   1...Be4 
    2.Qa2 ~ 3.Qa1+ Bb1 4.Qxb1# 
    2.Qa7 ~ 3.Qa1+ Bb1 4.Qxb1# 
   1...Rb4 2.cxb4 
   1...Rc4 2.Qg6 ~ 
      3.Qb1# 
      3.Qg3# 
   1...Rd4 2.cxd4
Date added: 20/4/2021
Checkmate in 4 moves
(Claude Goumondy - Stella Polaris 1st Prize, 1970)
1.Bb1! ~ 2.Rd2+ 
     2...Nd3 
      3.Rxd3# 
      3.Nc2# 
     2...Bxd2 3.Qxd2+ 
       3...Nd3 4.Qxd3# 
       3...Kc4 4.Ba2# 
   1...fxe2 2.Nb3+ 
     2...Kd5 3.Nc1+ Kd4 4.Nxe2# 
     2...Kc4 3.Nc1+ Kd4 4.Nxe2# 
   1...Qf1 
    2.Nc2+ Kd3 3.Ne1+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
    2.Nb3+ 
     2...Kd5 3.Nd2+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
     2...Kc4 3.Nd2+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
   1...Qe6 2.Nc2+ Kd3 3.Ne1+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
   1...Qf5 2.Nb3+ 
     2...Kd5 3.Nd2+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
     2...Kc4 3.Nd2+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
   1...Qh7 2.Nb3+ 
     2...Kd5 3.Nd2+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
     2...Kc4 3.Nd2+ Kd4 4.Nxf3# 
   1...b4 2.Nc2+ Kd3 3.Ne3+ Kd4 4.Qc4# 
   1...Bf5 2.Nb3+ 
     2...Kd5 3.Na5+ Kd4 4.Nxc6# 
     2...Kc4 3.Na5+ Kd4 4.Nxc6# 
   1...Be6 2.Nc2+ Kd3 3.Nb4+ Kd4 4.Nxc6#
Date added: 7/5/2021
Checkmate in 5 moves
(Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen - The Illustrated London News, Jan 1846)
1.Qe1! ~ 2.Qxd2# 
   1...dxe1=Q 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
   1...dxe1=N 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...Nd3 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Nxb4 5.axb4# 
     2...Nc2 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Nxb4 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Nd3 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne4 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne6 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4# 
   1...dxe1=R 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...Rb1 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Rxb4 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Rc1 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne4 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne6 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4# 
   1...dxe1=B 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
   1...f1=N 
    2.Rxd2 ~ 
      3.Rd1+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Ra2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rb2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rc2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd8+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd7+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd6+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd5+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd4+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd3+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rxe2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
     2...Bd3 
      3.Rd1+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Ra2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rb2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rc2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rxd3+ Nd2 
        4.Qxd2# 
        4.Rd5# 
      3.Rxe2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
     2...Ne4 3.Rd4+ 
       3...Nd2 4.Ra4+ Bxa4 5.b4# 
       3...Nd2 
        4.Ra4+ Bxa4 5.b4# 
        4.Rxe4 ~ 5.Qxd2# 
       3...Nc3 4.Qxc3# 
     2...Nf3 3.Rd4+ 
       3...Nd2 4.Ra4+ Bxa4 5.b4# 
       3...Nd2 4.Ra4+ Bxa4 5.b4# 
       3...Nxe1 4.Ra4+ Bxa4 5.b4# 
     2...Nd6 
      3.Rd4+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd1+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Ra2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rb2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rc2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rxd6+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd5+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rd3+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
      3.Rxe2+ Nd2 4.Qxd2# 
    2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...dxe1=Q 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...dxe1=B 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Ne4 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne6 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4# 
   1...fxe1=Q 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...Qb1 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...d1=Q 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...d1=N 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...d1=R 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...d1=B 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Qf2 4.Ra4# 
       3...Qc1 4.Ra4# 
       3...Qg1 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne4 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne6 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4# 
   1...fxe1=N 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...Nd3 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Nxb4 5.axb4# 
     2...Nc2 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Nxb4 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Nd3 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne4 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne6 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4# 
   1...fxe1=R 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...Rb1 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Rxb4 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Rc1 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne4 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne6 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4# 
   1...fxe1=B 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...d1=Q 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...d1=N 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...d1=R 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...d1=B 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Bf2 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne4 4.Ra4# 
       3...Ne6 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4# 
   1...Ne4 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...dxe1=Q 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...dxe1=B 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nc3 
        4.Ra4+ Nxa4 5.b4# 
        4.Rc5+ Nb5 5.Qxd2# 
       3...Nc5 
        4.Rxc5# 
        4.Qxd2# 
   1...Nf3 2.Rd4 ~ 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4# 
     2...dxe1=Q 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Qxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...dxe1=B 3.Ra4+ Bxa4 4.b4+ Bxb4+ 5.axb4# 
     2...Bc4 3.Rxc4 ~ 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Rc5# 
       3...Nd4 
        4.Ra4# 
        4.Qxd2# 
       3...Nc7 4.Ra4# 
       3...Nd6 4.Ra4#
Date added: 1/6/2021
Checkmate in 8 moves
(William Anthony Shinkman - St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 21 May 1887 )
1.0-0-0! - Kxa7 
2.Rd8 - Kxa6 
3.Rd7 - Kxa5 
4.Rd6 - Kxa4 
5.Rd5 - Kxa3 
6.Rd4 - Kxa2 
7.Rd3 - Ka1 
8.Ra3# 
OR
1. Kd2 - Kxa7
2. Re1 - Kb8
3. Re8+ - Kc7
4. a7 - Kd6
5. a8=Q - Kd7
6. Qd8+ - Kc6
7. Re7 - Kc5
8. Rc7#
Date added: 1/6/2021