Here are some 'mate in 8' 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.

[ 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. hxg5+ Kg8 13. Rh8+ Kxh8 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. g6 Nf6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Qh8# ] (2411)

[ 29. Rxb7+ Ka8 30. Rb8+ Kxb8 31. Qb5+ Bb6 32. Qe5+ Ka8 33. Rc8+ Rxc8 34. Qe4+ Rc6 35. Qxc6+ Kb8 36. Qb7# ] (2502)

[ 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. hxg5+ Kg8 15. Rh8+ Kxh8 16. Qh5+ Kg8 17. g6 Nf6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8# ] (2555)

[ 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37. Nf5+ exf5 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Re8+ Kf7 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Rf7 42. Qxf7+ Kh6 43. Qh7# ] (2573)

[ 29... Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 N2e3+ 32. Kf3 Nd2+ 33. Kf4 Qf1+ 34. Nf2 Qxf2+ 35. Kg5 Ne4+ 36. Kg6 Qf7# ] (2594)

[ 10... Bxh2+ 11. Kxh2 hxg4+ 12. Kg1 Rh1+ 13. Kxh1 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 g3 15. Nf3 exf3 16. Rxf3 Qh2+ 17. Kf1 Qh1# ] (2601)

[ 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Bh6+ Kh8 33. Bg5+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kf8 35. Rh8+ Ke7 36. Nxd5+ Kd7 37. Rd8# ] (2704)

[ 26... Re3+ 27. Kh4 Qf2+ 28. Kh5 Re5+ 29. g5 Rxg5+ 30. Kxg5 f6+ 31. Kg4 h5+ 32. Kxh5 Qf5+ 33. Kh4 Qg5# ] (2751)

[ 20. Ne6+ Ke8 21. Nc7+ Kf7 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ Kh8 24. Bc3+ Nf6 25. Bxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg7# ] (2785)

[ 21... Qb8+ 22. Bb5 Qxb5+ 23. axb5 Bxa2+ 24. Ka1 Bb2+ 25. Kxa2 Ra8+ 26. Kb3 Ra3+ 27. Kc4 Rxc3+ 28. Kd5 Ne7# ] (2788)

[ 36. Rc2+ Kxd4 37. Nf3+ Ke4 38. Re2+ Kf5 39. Nh4+ Kg5 40. Re5+ Kxh4 41. g3+ Kxh3 42. Rh1+ Kg4 43. Rh4# ] (2808)
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