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Rename "puzzles"

Minor complaint but I really dislike the word puzzles. I would rather it was called training like it used to be or tactics. Puzzles are crosswords and word searches. Chess is tactics.
Actually in German it's still called "Training" and we have "Aufgaben" (exercises).

I am not a native speaker though, but I thought calling it "puzzle" is usual. Or does it sound mildly unprofessional? ;)

PS: I am rather puzzled why there are virtually no stats at all? I mean this website is famous for its statistics.
Gegen diesen idioten muss ich verlieren is the only German I know haha. I think it sounds unprofessional. They are not really puzzles. They are positions in real games that were won due to a tactic. I think calling it a puzzle cheapens it. At least in the English language. Like I said... Minor complaint.

CM Sarg0n what do you mean by stats?
mmmmmm, puzzle training I think it was the original name right,
nevermind better, so that they dont confuse the puzzles with this bad player.
I'm the translator that suggested changing "training" to "puzzles" in the localization forum. The reason was I think "training" and "practice" means the same thing but appears as 2 different alternatives.

Puzzles is a commonly used term on lichess. Another alternative might be "Problems" or "Chess problems"

What do you think?

I dislike changing it back to training because there's already a "practice" section.
Not that the naming matters too much, but I'd prefer "Tactics". I think it's usual to say "There's a tactic in the position" anyway.
I also like using the word Tactics. The only issue I can think of is that very casual players might not know what that word means (as it relates to chess), while everyone knows what a puzzle is.
Problemists would agree that "puzzles" is (obviously) an accurate descriptor.

"Tactics" is wrong because some puzzles are simply "take the hanging piece", which isn't a tactic.

"Training" is misleading because it implies that there's some sort of structured learning - which has been removed (spaced repetition).

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