MOST STUPID CHESS PUZZLE EVER

How can you define a ‘stupid’ chess puzzle?

How about those easy ‘mate in one’ chess puzzles that we solved when we first started chess. But that is basically ‘easy’, not necessarily ‘stupid’. In my quest to find the most stupid puzzle in the history of chess, I came across many entertaining puzzles but none of them were as stupid as this one.

Why do I call this puzzle stupid? Because this puzzle does not give you a remotest chance of finding anything other than the correct solution. You cannot find an incorrect solution even if you try.

Now that’s got to be stupid. Let’s have a look at the puzzle.

WHITE TO PLAY & MATE BLACK IN 06 MOVES

It sounds daunting at first, specially the ‘mate in 06’ part. You are certainly not alone if you suddenly thought ‘how many mate in 06 puzzles have I ever solved correctly in my whole life?’

But if you gaze at the position for a few seconds, then you suddenly realize everything is forced. Even White’s moves are forced, he can’t help but mate Black in 06.

1.    d4             b5

2.    d5             b4

3.    axb4         a3

4.    b5             a2

5.    b6             a1 = Q/R/B/N

6.    b7 #

Stupid, isn’t it?
I wonder who composed this puzzle. (It wasn’t me by the way)


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