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)


[ 23... Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 25. Rxf2 Rd1+ 26. Ng1 Rxg1+ 27. Kxg1 Qe1+ 28. Rf1 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Qxf1# ] (2500)


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


[ 13... hxg4+ 14. Kg1 Rh1+ 15. Kxh1 Qh4+ 16. Kg1 g3 17. Nf3 exf3 18. Rxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1# ] (2505)


[ 35... Qf1+ 36. Rc1 Qd3+ 37. Ka1 cxb2+ 38. Kxb2 Ba3+ 39. Ka1 Qc3+ 40. Rxc3 Re1+ 41. Rc1 Rxc1# ] (2513)


[ 32. Rf3+ Kg5 33. Re5+ Kh4 34. Rf4+ Bg4 35. g3+ Kh3 36. Rh5+ Bxh5 37. Bf5+ Bg4 38. Bxg4# ] (2513)


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


[ 15. hxg5+ Kg8 16. Rh8+ Kxh8 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. g6 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qh8# ] (2517)


[ 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Qf4+ Kg8 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ g6 37. Qh3+ Kg7 38. Qh8+ Kf7 39. Qf8# ] (2517)


[ 59... Kc3 60. Ka1 Rg1+ 61. Rb1 Rxb1+ 62. Kxb1 Kd2 63. g7 c3 64. g8=Q c2+ 65. Ka1 c1=Q# ] (2520)


[ 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Be8+ Ng2 23. Rxg2+ Kf8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25. Rg7+ Kd8 26. Rxd7# ] (2531)


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


[ 40... g5+ 41. Kg4 h5+ 42. Kh3 g4+ 43. fxg4 hxg4+ 44. Kh4 Qh2+ 45. Kxg4 Be2+ 46. Kf4 Qf2# ] (2535)


[ 28... Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Ng3 30. Kg1 Rh5 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Rd2 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Rxf1# ] (2537)


[ 53. Kf6 Kh8 54. Ra8+ Rg8 55. Rxg8+ Kxg8 56. Ke7 a2 57. f6 a1=Q 58. f7+ Kh8 59. f8=Q# ] (2538)


[ 18. R1h6+ Kg5 19. f4+ Kxf4 20. g3+ Kxg4 21. Rg7+ Kf5 22. g4+ Kf4 23. Rf6+ Qf5 24. Rxf5# ] (2544)


[ 33... Qf4+ 34. Kxh3 Bg4+ 35. Kg2 Bf3+ 36. Kf1 Be4+ 37. Ke2 Qf3+ 38. Kd2 Qd3+ 39. Kc1 Qc2# ] (2545)


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


[ 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Rxf7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. Rxh7+ Kg4 36. Rh4+ Qxh4 37. Qf4+ Kh5 38. Qxh4# ] (2548)


[ 38... Rc1+ 39. Ka2 Qb1+ 40. Kb3 Qc2+ 41. Kb4 Qxb2+ 42. Ka4 Rc4+ 43. Bb4 Rxb4+ 44. axb4 Qa2# ] (2550)


[ 24. Qxb7+ Kxb7 25. Bd5+ Ka6 26. Rxc6+ Ka5 27. Bc4 Ka4 28. Ra6+ Qa5 29. Bb5+ Ka3 30. Rxa5# ] (2551)


[ 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)


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


[ 20. Rh1+ Kg8 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. Bh5+ Ke7 23. Qxg7+ Rf7 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qf8+ Kc7 26. Qd6# ] (2606)


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


[ 28. Qxf6+ Kh6 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. Qxh7+ Kg5 31. h4+ Nxh4 32. Qe7+ Kf4 33. Qxh4+ Ke3 34. Qd4# ] (2621)


[ 22... Qxb5+ 23. axb5 Bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Bb2+ 25. Kxa2 Ra8+ 26. Kb3 Ra3+ 27. Kc4 Rxc3+ 28. Kd5 Ne7# ] (2632)


[ 22. Rh5 Re8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Rh7+ Kd6 27. Qe5+ Kc6 28. Qc5# ] (2634)


[ 48... c6+ 49. Ka4 Ka6 50. bxc3 b5+ 51. cxb5+ cxb5+ 52. Ka3 b4+ 53. cxb4 axb4+ 54. Ka4 Nb6# ] (2644)


[ 27. Nc3 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Ka6 30. Ra1+ Qa5 31. Rxa5+ Kxa5 32. Rb5+ Ka6 33. Nb4# ] (2648)


[ 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)


[ 27. Nc3 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Ka6 30. Ra1+ Qa5 31. Rxa5+ Kxa5 32. Rb5+ Ka6 33. Nb4# ] (2675)


[ 25... g5+ 26. Bxg5 Qf2+ 27. Kh5 Rh3+ 28. Kg4 h5+ 29. Kxh3 Rf3+ 30. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kh4 Qg4# ] (2681)


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


[ 45. Bd5+ Kb8 46. Rb6+ Kc8 47. Rf8+ Kd7 48. Be6+ Ke7 49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Rb8+ Rc8 51. Rxc8# ] (2703)


[ 32. Bg5+ Bh3 33. Rxh3+ Kg6 34. Qe4+ Rf5 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Bh6+ Kh8 37. Bf8+ Rh5 38. Rxh5# ] (2708)


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


[ 19. Qa8+ Kd7 20. Bb5+ Ke6 21. Qc6+ Qd6 22. Bc4+ Ke5 23. f4+ Kd4 24. Bf6+ Qe5+ 25. Bxe5# ] (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. Rd2 Qxd2+ 39. Kg1 Qh2# ] (2765)


[ 16. Qg5+ Kh7 17. Bxf7 Rg8 18. Bg7 Bxg7 19. Bg6+ Kh8 20. Qh4+ Nh5 21. Qxh5+ Bh6 22. Qxh6# ] (2770)


[ 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)


[ 38. Qxf7+ Kc6 39. Qxe6+ Kc5 40. b4+ Kxb4 41. Rb2+ Ka5 42. Qb6+ Ka4 43. Qxa6+ Rxa6 44. Rxa6# ] (2786)


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


[ 24... Ng7+ 25. Kh4 Qg6 26. Nf4 Rxf4 27. Qxb8+ Kh7 28. Qh8+ Kxh8 29. gxf4 Qh5+ 30. Kg3 Qh3# ] (2791)


[ 41. Rf4+ Kg5 42. Kh3 c2 43. Rf6 h4 44. Rh7 c1=Q 45. f4+ Qxf4 46. gxf4+ Kh5 47. Rfxh6# ] (2857)


[ 31. Qe2+ Kg5 32. Qe3+ Kh5 33. g4+ Kxg4 34. Re4+ Kh5 35. Qh3+ Kg5 36. Qh4+ Kf5 37. Qf4# ] (2896)


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