When there's a good move, look for a better one.
Tactics Puzzles are punishing good moves as "wrong"
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Chess.com's puzzles aren't always with only one good move. Yes, you could play a good move that still makes you advantageous, but it will be a fail if there is a better move. But I also disagree, I think there should be only 1 solution.
I think the problem is that there is another plausible move in the most puzzles. But just this one move that is the fastest checkmate (or whatever) is correct.
Jul 29, 2023
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#5
The puzzle system is only designed to allow one move/line and the solution should be the best but a lot, from an evaluation standpoint.
If you find a puzzle that a secondary line is as good as the solution, it should be reported
https://support.chess.com/article/1223-how-do-i-report-a-bad-puzzle
Jul 29, 2023
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#6
this isnt a bug. even though there are good moves that work and or win material there are sometimes better moves. such as you captured a free pawn. this is a miss because you didnt play the windmill tactic. or something like that
Jul 29, 2023
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#7
As I understand, good puzzles are considered to have only one correct solution. If there are "also good moves", you should compare them and find the best one. For instance, if there is M1, M2 M4 and +10 moves, the M1 solution is evident to be the best and the only solution.
But if there are several lines that seem to be same -- +1.4, +1.3 and +1.25, for instance -- try to calculate the position for five, six, ten moves ahead. There must be crucial differences -- or you can report this puzzle as bad one. =)
Already often I was punished with Red X ("wrong") in the Tactics Puzzles although I had made a sensible and plausible move that could have lead to success. The AI engine behind the Tactics Puzzles seem to be very "narrow-minded" about what is a player's "correct" (Green) next move. It seems to be pre-programmed with only 1 "acceptable" solution per Tactics Puzzle ?