Worst move puzzles

Normally, the goal of a puzzle is to find the best move(s) or a winning move. The puzzles on this page have the opposite goal: to find the only losing move.

Puzzle 1

By Eric Demer. Red to play the unique losing move.

(Of the 21 empty cells, 20 are winning moves for Red, and 1 is a losing move for Red.)

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Puzzle 2

By Hexanna. Red to play the unique losing move.

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Puzzle 3

By Selinger. Red to play the unique losing move.

This puzzle is much easier than puzzles 1 and 2.

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Puzzle 4

By Selinger. Red to play the unique losing move.

This one is also relatively easy.

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Puzzle 5

By Hexanna. Red to play the unique losing move.

This is a difficult puzzle.

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See also

• Solutions to worst move puzzles