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For some reason lichess is making me re-do many puzzles that I've already solved in the past with this same account. It's not just that I remember them, but many of them also were upvoted or downvoted by me and that still shows.

When I solve or fail these puzzles they add or remove points from my rating as usual, even though I've already done them and I shouldn't be able to get rating from them anymore.

Anybody else is having this problem?

For some reason lichess is making me re-do many puzzles that I've already solved in the past with this same account. It's not just that I remember them, but many of them also were upvoted or downvoted by me and that still shows. When I solve or fail these puzzles they add or remove points from my rating as usual, even though I've already done them and I shouldn't be able to get rating from them anymore. Anybody else is having this problem?

RCW5

#2

I don't know it doesn't happen to me

AX0N

#3

Maybe I should post this in the Bugs section?

I find it difficult to believe that it isn't happening to more people.

Maybe I should post this in the Bugs section? I find it difficult to believe that it isn't happening to more people.

HighlyRadioactive

#4

@AX0N It's normal - you just did a lot of puzzles and some repetitions will occur for sure. It's not a bug.

bak000za

#5

Actually it feels more like a feature. Repetition helps the learning process a lot.

AX0N edited

#6

I only did 1500 puzzles according to my profile, I don't think that's a lot compared to the hundreds of thousands that lichess must have in store. And new ones keep gettting automatically created all the time.

I'm getting every single puzzle repeated, it's not just once in a while. And btw, their ratings vary from 1700 to 2300 frequently which is also a problem. This is not a feature. If I wanted to do the same puzzles again and again I would go to other websites that I won't name that are more suitable for that kind of training.

I only did 1500 puzzles according to my profile, I don't think that's a lot compared to the hundreds of thousands that lichess must have in store. And new ones keep gettting automatically created all the time. I'm getting every single puzzle repeated, it's not just once in a while. And btw, their ratings vary from 1700 to 2300 frequently which is also a problem. This is not a feature. If I wanted to do the same puzzles again and again I would go to other websites that I won't name that are more suitable for that kind of training.

ungewichtet edited

#7

@AX0N
I did more than 800 puzzles and there was not a single repeat. So I find your experience should be a bug. Did it occur only recently or were you having repeats all the time? How do you know you get every single one repeated? Every single one only once or twice or more often, as well?

When I want to play a puzzle once again, by clicking the green and red squares under the current puzzle (8 on mobile, 15 on computer), I do not get points added or substracted for solving or failing.

According to this thread, https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/i-basically-finished-one-complete-round-of-all-2000-lichess-puzzles , there are 126000+ lichess puzzles half of which are in rotation, and no new ones are being made.

The varying of the puzzle quality rating is intentional, it seems to be around plus/minus 300 of your own puzzle rating until you get closer to the rating of the highest rated puzzles. Then, as it can't extend 300 up, the range extends farther down, it seems to be always about a 600 points range. That's what I think, at least. Not sure on the exact mechanism, though.

Yes, please put this into the feedback section, too.

@AX0N I did more than 800 puzzles and there was not a single repeat. So I find your experience should be a bug. Did it occur only recently or were you having repeats all the time? How do you know you get every single one repeated? Every single one only once or twice or more often, as well? When I want to play a puzzle once again, by clicking the green and red squares under the current puzzle (8 on mobile, 15 on computer), I do not get points added or substracted for solving or failing. According to this thread, https://lichess.org/forum/general-chess-discussion/i-basically-finished-one-complete-round-of-all-2000-lichess-puzzles , there are 126000+ lichess puzzles half of which are in rotation, and no new ones are being made. The varying of the puzzle quality rating is intentional, it seems to be around plus/minus 300 of your own puzzle rating until you get closer to the rating of the highest rated puzzles. Then, as it can't extend 300 up, the range extends farther down, it seems to be always about a 600 points range. That's what I think, at least. Not sure on the exact mechanism, though. Yes, please put this into the feedback section, too.

ungewichtet

#8

Just read on another thread, contrary to what I knew, new puzzles have been made now. So maybe the new batch contains this bug? (I also haven't puzzled for a couple of weeks, so I can't tell you the latest news).

AX0N

#9

@ungewichtet
Thank you for your comments.

I only started getting repeats around september of this year, I believe. At the same time the ratings of the puzzles became much more variable than before (ranging from 1600 to 2400 suddenly). If you look at my ratings graph on my profile, I took a huge hit in regards to rating and started wondering whether I had already solved all the puzzles around my level since they were repeating and becoming so widely variable in difficulty, but this doesn't seem likely considering how big the puzzles pool is.

Following your suggestion, I posted this in the Feedback section as well.

@ungewichtet Thank you for your comments. I only started getting repeats around september of this year, I believe. At the same time the ratings of the puzzles became much more variable than before (ranging from 1600 to 2400 suddenly). If you look at my ratings graph on my profile, I took a huge hit in regards to rating and started wondering whether I had already solved all the puzzles around my level since they were repeating and becoming so widely variable in difficulty, but this doesn't seem likely considering how big the puzzles pool is. Following your suggestion, I posted this in the Feedback section as well.

AX0N

#10

https://imgur.com/1F57Fkb

According to this 2016 post https://lichess.org/blog/WDY6cCEAALYi5Xg2/puzzles-update you're actually supposed to get puzzles repeated. It's possible that every single one of these puzzles that I'm now redoing is a failed puzzle that lichess is making me attempt again.

https://imgur.com/1F57Fkb According to this 2016 post https://lichess.org/blog/WDY6cCEAALYi5Xg2/puzzles-update you're actually supposed to get puzzles repeated. It's possible that every single one of these puzzles that I'm now redoing is a failed puzzle that lichess is making me attempt again.