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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle incorrect, or I'm not good enough to see, or checkmate in one more move is "wrong"?#8

Thanks to the posters who pointed out that the puzzles are rarely if ever wrong - I've been more careful and have improved my performance on them as a consequence. This one caught me out as well. Coul…


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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle incorrect, or I'm not good enough to see, or checkmate in one more move is "wrong"?#6

oops, no you're all right, sorry. The absent bishop exposes C1 to the rook on H1. Why are there no red-faced emojis on here? :-)


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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle incorrect, or I'm not good enough to see, or checkmate in one more move is "wrong"?#5

Did you guys even look, or were you all too eager to tell me I'm wrong? Knight to D2 is captured by the bishop, yes, then the bishop on D2 is recaptured by the other knight, it's check again, black ki…


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Lichess Feedback - Puzzle incorrect, or I'm not good enough to see, or checkmate in one more move is "wrong"?#1

Not sure how to "call" a forum poster - is it like this? https://lichess.org/@/nadjarostowa https://lichess.org/@/glbert These 2 posters in another thread said I was probably wrong when I think a puzz…


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Lichess Feedback - Are puzzle ratings supposed to be like this?#10

@nadjarostowa said in #9: > I know someone in person who also thought that many puzzles were wrong. He is around 1700 FIDE, with tons of experience. But every one he showed was actually perfectly corr…


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Lichess Feedback - Are puzzle ratings supposed to be like this?#7

@glbert said in #6: > i very much doubt it. when someone complains about a puzzle in the forums, we ask them to link the puzzle they think is wrong. and in most cases, they simply didn't understand th…


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Lichess Feedback - Are puzzle ratings supposed to be like this?#5

A significant proportion, I'd estimate 5%, of the puzzles are wrong anyway, in that either the supposed "best move" is NOT the best move, or there is another move that is equally good but if you choos…


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