Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke_chess_problem">The Wikipedia page on Joke chess problems</a> has a section on self-solving chess problems, and it links to <a href="http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess2/diary_14.htm">Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary</a>, where a few more examples are in item 267. He calls them "no-brainers".</p>
  
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Body: <p>Are there any longer "problems" like <a href="http://www.apronus.com/chess/chess-board.html?d=_________________P__P____p________________p_P____P_Pp____K_k_____&amp;w=8&amp;h=8">this</a>, which is white to move and mate in 6?</p>
  
  <p>(Namely, where one is actually forced to achieve the "goal".)</p>
  
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Comments.Text: I'm not really sure what you're asking.  Yes, there are problems longer than 6 moves, but not many in a practical sense.
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Comments.Text: It's not quite the same thing, but you might be interested in "selfmates", in which your job (as White) is to force Black to checkmate you.
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Comments.Text: @TonyEnnis: The one I gave isn't practical either, unless one thinks of it as practicing calculating out the pawn race.
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Title: Self-Solving Chess Problems
ThreadText: # Self-Solving Chess Problems
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2013-03-18)
  
  Are there any longer "problems" like [this](http://www.apronus.com/chess/chess-board.html?d=_________________P__P____p________________p_P____P_Pp____K_k_____&w=8&h=8), which is white to move and mate in 6?
  
  (Namely, where one is actually forced to achieve the "goal".)
  
  **Tags:** problems
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: I'm not really sure what you're asking.  Yes, there are problems longer than 6 moves, but not many in a practical sense.  
  > **username_2**: It's not quite the same thing, but you might be interested in "selfmates", in which your job (as White) is to force Black to checkmate you.  
  > **username_0**: @TonyEnnis: The one I gave isn't practical either, unless one thinks of it as practicing calculating out the pawn race.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2013-03-18. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  [The Wikipedia page on Joke chess problems](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke_chess_problem) has a section on self-solving chess problems, and it links to [Tim Krabbé's Open Chess Diary](http://timkr.home.xs4all.nl/chess2/diary_14.htm), where a few more examples are in item 267. He calls them "no-brainers".
  
  
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