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puzzle difficulty goes wasted

https://lichess.org/training/Tcvt7

White's 1st move makes the puzzle too easy to solve.

In the initial position, you should have anticipated Rh3 instead and utilizing of the h-pawn in that continuation.

(1) First the Qxh2# threat, (2) then h-pawn advancement to support rook maneuver via g-line to stop promotion. Currently the puzzle misses the (2).

https://lichess.org/training/Tcvt7 White's 1st move makes the puzzle too easy to solve. In the initial position, you should have anticipated Rh3 instead and utilizing of the h-pawn in that continuation. (1) First the Qxh2# threat, (2) then h-pawn advancement to support rook maneuver via g-line to stop promotion. Currently the puzzle misses the (2).

um but those puzzles were taken from real games, I dont think there's people curating the puzzle database, it's probably fully automatic, so if you think there's an issue with a certain puzzle just report it on the puzzle page, not in the forums

um but those puzzles were taken from real games, I dont think there's people curating the puzzle database, it's probably fully automatic, so if you think there's an issue with a certain puzzle just report it on the puzzle page, not in the forums

The replies you get are the moves engine evaluates as best; sometimes those are different from moves that would be hardest to handle for a human player.

The replies you get are the moves engine evaluates as best; sometimes those are different from moves that would be hardest to handle for a human player.

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