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Fastest Possible Epaulette Mate?

#1
Yo, I was curious what the fastest Epaulette Mate is, so I did a bit of exploring and the fastest I could find was 8 moves for Black or 9 moves for White.

There are a few different definitions of what an Epaulette Mate actually is depending on where you look, but for this challenge an Epaulette Mate is defined as the king being checkmated with two of its own rooks on either side.

I challenge the members of Lichess to find a faster mate than me. I don't think it's possible, but I'd love to be proved wrong.

Here are my mates:
White:
1. e3 e5
2. Qg4 Na6
3. Qxg7 b6
4. Qxg8 Qh4
5. Qg5 Bh6
6. Nf3 Bb7
7. Nxh4 Rf8
8. Qf5 Rd8
9. Qxe5#

Here are some alternative 9-move mates I found for white:
1. c3 e5
2. Qb3 Ba3
3. Qxb7 Nh6
4. Qxc8 Na6
5. Qxc7 Qe7
6. c4 Qb4
7. c5 Rd8
8. g3 Rf8
9. Qxe5#

1. a3 e5
2. c3 Bxa3
3. Qb3 Bxb2
4. Qxb7 Na6
5. Qxc8 Nh6
6. Qxc7 Qh4
7. g4 Rd8
8. g5 Rf8
9. Qxe5#

Here's my 8-move mate for Black:
1. e4 c6
2. Ba6 Qb6
3. Bxb7 Qxb2
4. Na3 Qxc1
5. Nh3 Qxc2
6. Qh5 g5
7. Rf1 g4
8. Rd1 Qxe4#

Let me know what you guys think :)
#2
That's a tad weird as my last captcha was an Epaulette mate, which is kinda rare. @randomchampgamer

And this captcha was delivered by a pawn on f7 with a bishop guard.
#3
Oh, you are technically correct, the Epaulette is with the king sandwiched between both rooks, but I also consider other configurations, including mate delivered as in a Swallow's Tail Mate. @randomchampgamer
#4
I found a mate in 11: 1. d4 e5 2. Qd3 Ba3 3. Qe4 Na6 4. d5 b6 5. d6 Bb7 6. Qe3 Qh4 7. Qe4 Nh6 8. Qe3 Qa4 9. Qe4 Rf8 10. Qe3 Rd8 11. Qxe5#
#7
There's probably a faster way, but I found a 8-move mate for White and a 7-move mate for Black. I wasn't able to find any mates that are faster, so I hope this is enough to satiate your curiosity, @randomchampgamer :)

White's 8-move mate:
1. Nf3 d6 2. Nh4 Be6 3. Ng6 Qd7 4. Nxf8 Nc6 5. Nxe6 Nh6 6. e3 Rd8 7. Be2 Rf8 8. Nxg7#

Black's 7-move mate:
1. d3 Nf6 2. Be3 Nh5 3. Qd2 Ng3 4. Nh3 Nxf1 5. Na3 Nxe3 6. Rf1 e6 7. Rd1 Nxg2#

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