What would you play in the following position?
lichess.org/training/25544
If, like me, you chose the natural and well-known motif of Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ followed by mate in two along the a1 h8 diagonal...
...you would get a mega-frustrating PUZZLE FAILED message and your puzzle rating would go down.
My solution was every bit as fast and forcing (if you don't Black's two "spite blocks" at the end) as the solution given, which is technically one move faster but looks, frankly, artificial as hell.
But I didn't get even so much as a "good move but you can do better" message. Just a straight failure message and consequent rating reduction. This sucks.
Is anyone else experiencing similar mega-frustration with the puzzles? I'm considering simply not doing them any more. If they don't rate your performance properly then they're pointless, right?
Lichess is a great chess site but these puzzles really tick me off.
(I didn't run the position through an engine so if I've erred in my analysis then apologies and may egg be upon my big dumb face!)
lichess.org/training/25544
If, like me, you chose the natural and well-known motif of Rg7+ Kh8 Rg6+ followed by mate in two along the a1 h8 diagonal...
...you would get a mega-frustrating PUZZLE FAILED message and your puzzle rating would go down.
My solution was every bit as fast and forcing (if you don't Black's two "spite blocks" at the end) as the solution given, which is technically one move faster but looks, frankly, artificial as hell.
But I didn't get even so much as a "good move but you can do better" message. Just a straight failure message and consequent rating reduction. This sucks.
Is anyone else experiencing similar mega-frustration with the puzzles? I'm considering simply not doing them any more. If they don't rate your performance properly then they're pointless, right?
Lichess is a great chess site but these puzzles really tick me off.
(I didn't run the position through an engine so if I've erred in my analysis then apologies and may egg be upon my big dumb face!)