lichess.org
Donate

Some puzzles answer are too much cryptic

I do puzzles, and many time the correct answer is cryptic to me, or it seems completely wrong.

Would it be possible to add human comments along the answer ? Maybe having the possibility to study one or two variations, instead of one as the correct and unique answer?

I can agree with this. Sometimes when using stockfish to analyse I still can't figure it out. That may just be me missing the obvious though.
Right, it's very likely the case: I am missing the obvious, as well. But a little help with a human-readable comment would be appreciated.
Everyone is entitled to comment. Some even have done so, I remember having read some remarks by users.

Go ahead and comment. Feel free!
How do you comment? I can't see anywhere on the screen to do this. Something that bothers me a lot is that the system won't accept alternative moves that are equally good - eg where it's possible to move either of two rooks to a square with exactly the same effect, you just have to guess which one was actually played, because if you move the other one, it's marked as wrong. This happens surprisingly often, and the only recourse seems to be to mark the puzzle as unsatisfactory, which probably doesn't change anything.
@yves_paris
@FrogCDE
If you can't understand the difference youself, use Stockfish i. e. play your alternative line against Stockfish. Then if you're sure that something wrong with the puzzle ask here. I stumbled across an incorrect puzzle only once and it was disabled.
One thing that always works is playing it out with the computer.
But then again, if you are a beginner you are not going to understand everything anyway.

This topic has been archived and can no longer be replied to.