From Puzzle Storm to 3999 Rating: Can Pure Tactics & Blindfold Training Replace Standard Games?

DUN DUN DUN..... the account got banned for cheating.....

Thinking your puzzle rating can translate into something meaningful is folly.

The best puzzles to do are the ones with 3 results and you do not know which way it can go. Only the best websites and collections have these. It is rare.

Most positions do not have a winning tactic available to them. This is why chess.com and lichess.org puzzles are trash for the most part. They are basically begging you to find the winning tactic with a forcing move, a check, a capture, or something else. Thinking your puzzle rating can translate into something meaningful is folly. The best puzzles to do are the ones with 3 results and you do not know which way it can go. Only the best websites and collections have these. It is rare.

IamNOTamod

@Dark_Emporer66 said ^

what was his rating

Fake, apparently.

@Dark_Emporer66 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/n6eKJ5pN) > what was his rating Fake, apparently.

Dark_Emporer66

but i mean in normal time controlls blitz bullet etc

Cedur216

@Dark_Emporer66 said ^

one question you right guys but he closed his acc what was his rating

3600 puzzles
137 puzzle storm
160 puzzle racer
140ish puzzle streak

Loooool

@Dark_Emporer66 said [^](/forum/redirect/post/n6eKJ5pN) > one question you right guys but he closed his acc what was his rating 3600 puzzles 137 puzzle storm 160 puzzle racer 140ish puzzle streak Loooool

Dark_Emporer66

and in blitz and bullet ?

Dark_Emporer66

oh he had 0 games thx

Rookitiki

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@ChessPriyome said ^

Most positions do not have a winning tactic available to them. This is why chess.com and lichess.org puzzles are trash for the most part. They are basically begging you to find the winning tactic with a forcing move, a check, a capture, or something else.

Thinking your puzzle rating can translate into something meaningful is folly.

The best puzzles to do are the ones with 3 results and you do no...

Multiple choice puzzles...
Do you get a participation trophy when getting them right?

What u mean is hand selected (educational) puzzles. You find that in Streak, Storm and Studies.

@ChessPriyome said [^](/forum/redirect/post/JpLLymAa) > Most positions do not have a winning tactic available to them. This is why chess.com and lichess.org puzzles are trash for the most part. They are basically begging you to find the winning tactic with a forcing move, a check, a capture, or something else. > > Thinking your puzzle rating can translate into something meaningful is folly. > > The best puzzles to do are the ones with 3 results and you do no... Multiple choice puzzles... Do you get a participation trophy when getting them right? What u mean is hand selected (educational) puzzles. You find that in Streak, Storm and Studies.

ChessPriyome

Streak and Storm are still from real games on the server, and are 1-result positions, meaning you find the right move, you find the win and get it right. If not, you get it wrong.

I'm talking more about 3-result positions where it's "Play to win, draw, or save the position" type of thing, and you do not know which it is. Maybe you find the tactical key; Maybe you find a forced continuation that draws; or maybe you avoid immediate disaster but are left with a compromised position that will still take work to save, maybe.

And, there are no clues as to which it is. It's more like a real game situation.

Anyways, those types of tactical quizzes are more beneficial, and more difficult, IMHO.

Streak and Storm are still from real games on the server, and are 1-result positions, meaning you find the right move, you find the win and get it right. If not, you get it wrong. I'm talking more about 3-result positions where it's "Play to win, draw, or save the position" type of thing, and you do not know which it is. Maybe you find the tactical key; Maybe you find a forced continuation that draws; or maybe you avoid immediate disaster but are left with a compromised position that will still take work to save, maybe. And, there are no clues as to which it is. It's more like a real game situation. Anyways, those types of tactical quizzes are more beneficial, and more difficult, IMHO.

Rookitiki

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Ok, i have to admit that was a good explanation for a confusing topic.

Just: in chess - especially higher level - u wait entire game for a blunder, so why not pounce on it?

You can still explain multiple lines in a study, especially when there’s like exactly two winning lines and one is a simplification for fast time controls.
But when there is a win, then anything less seems undesirable outside time scramble. And practicing for time scramble seems too specific.

Ok, i have to admit that was a good explanation for a confusing topic. Just: in chess - especially higher level - u wait entire game for a blunder, so why not pounce on it? You can still explain multiple lines in a study, especially when there’s like exactly two winning lines and one is a simplification for fast time controls. But when there is a win, then anything less seems undesirable outside time scramble. And practicing for time scramble seems too specific.