I demand partial gain in rating if you get a move right in puzzles
And I demand that you don't!
I have always thought about this. But Lichess doesn't seem to do anything about it right now.
Lichess stance on this is that if you don't see the whole tactic you won't gain the advantage so it would be pointless to give you credit for this.
You can disagree all you want but it won't change anything.
You can disagree all you want but it won't change anything.
The whole game (or puzzle) is only as good as the final position. What good is finding the best move for two turns if you end up blowing the advantage on the third? How is that something worth learning?
Furthermore, if you don't know the third move, then the first two moves can only be, at best, educated guesses. If you actually knew why they were the best moves, then you would know the third move as well.
Furthermore, if you don't know the third move, then the first two moves can only be, at best, educated guesses. If you actually knew why they were the best moves, then you would know the third move as well.
Oh, also, "I demand..." is hilarious. Who are you again?
Ha, well this is the feedback forum and he is making a suggestion... I don't know how difficult it would be to implement correctly, although I like this idea since most books, newspapers, academic studies, etc. which publish chess problems have a similar partial credit scoring system.
Yeah of course anyone should be empowered to give feedback. Any sentence starting with “I demand” is obnoxious though.
I don’t know what the point of scoring in a newspaper would be. But I stand by my interpretation that a person who gets the final move wrong didn’t actually understand why the moves that preceded it were right.
If that’s not the case in an individual puzzle, then that puzzle is poorly designed and probably ends one move later than it should (or has some other problem).
I don’t know what the point of scoring in a newspaper would be. But I stand by my interpretation that a person who gets the final move wrong didn’t actually understand why the moves that preceded it were right.
If that’s not the case in an individual puzzle, then that puzzle is poorly designed and probably ends one move later than it should (or has some other problem).
@Deadban
Yes but it would actually reflect on one's games and for puzzles it won't have any impact. In puzzles it can be made to give some points when one correctly guesses moves in order.
Yes but it would actually reflect on one's games and for puzzles it won't have any impact. In puzzles it can be made to give some points when one correctly guesses moves in order.
what's next? partial credit when you lost a game, but were better for a couple of moves?
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