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Applien
Applien
Apr 7, 2025
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#1

Does puzzle api endpoint always contain an "answer"? I noticed some of responses contain moves end with * and got confused whether the goal of the puzzle is not a win in those cases?

Martin_Stahl
Martin_Stahl
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Apr 7, 2025
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#2

There shouldn't be a * for the moves as far as I'm aware

Applien
Applien
Apr 8, 2025
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#3

This is one of the examples I got with * at the end

{'title': "You Can't Have Chess Without Hess",
 'url': 'https://www.chess.com/daily-chess-puzzle/2021-12-19',
 'publish_time': 1639900800,
 'fen': '5bk1/4Q2p/2p1ppp1/2Pq4/1r6/5NP1/5PP1/R5K1 w - - 2 40',
 'pgn': '[Event "Groningen Chess Festival"]\r\n[Site "Groningen NED"]\r\n[Date "2011.12.29"]\r\n[Round "8.1"]\r\n[White "Robert Lee Hess"]\r\n[Black "Sergei Tiviakov"]\r\n[Result "1-0"]\r\n[WhiteElo "2625"]\r\n[BlackElo "2650"]\r\n[FEN "5bk1/4Q2p/2p1ppp1/2Pq4/1r6/5NP1/5PP1/R5K1 w - - 2 40"]\r\n\r\n40.Ra8 Rb1+ 41.Kh2 Qh5+ 42.Nh4 Qh6 43.Qxe6+ Kh8 44.Qf7 *',
 'image': 'https://www.chess.com/dynboard?fen=5bk1/4Q2p/2p1ppp1/2Pq4/1r6/5NP1/5PP1/R5K1%20w%20-%20-%202%2040&size=2'}