Hello. I'm new and noticing my flaws. Comments?

Alternatively going bishop b2 before rook g1 achieves the same thing. But I still can't find a good way to get him to f6. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Oh hahah, gotcha!  Yeah I got the idea at least!

Fun fact: My puzzle strength has improved greatly since I started this thread, and it's not even that long ago. Considering i've been following literally all the advice I've gotten here, you guys aren't doing half bad!

did you get the solution to my puzzle?

GJ btw

Queen g7, rook g1 and bishop b2 checkmate was what I got. Can also move bishop first, and checkmate with rook. There might be more variations, not sure!

yes first one is the vorrect forcing line

@chamo2074 I have a puzzle from one of my recent games  White to move!

There is a very nice tactic here! (Also I wanted to figure out how this "post chessboard" works, will probably end up using it a lot)

There is an attempt at a tactic, but it requires black to mess up. You actually need to play that puzzle out 1 more move for the tactic to emerge, as black did make the required mistake, though you missed the tactic. Even then the game has tricky twists and turns. 

Black can move the king to other squares, but this also loses because all moves either blocks the bishop, making my (wrong) move of "pawn takes C6" the correct one, or moves the king too far away.  Because of him moving the king away, I should have just ignored his pawn, to get my promoted on a dark square bishop can't reach.

The white pawn should still promote (with correct play) after white plays d5. But I guess it's not really a single "tactic" when it changes depending on black's move. I wonder what his "best" response is. They all lose as far as I can tell!

This is not the case. I'd explain more, but this is an ongoing game, so I'll wait until it is finished.

That's another disadvantage of daily games, the amount of time it takes for them to finish before you can do a full evaluation of certain aspects. Under a one sitting time control, your review time is much better. 

No worries dude, I figured it out! The black king wasn't supposed to move! The position is still winning, but apparently I should have been next level, and played bishop c7. Trying to work out exactly why right now, hah

I don't play daily and am not especially well-versed in the rules chess.com has for it, but I don't think you should be using an engine to evaluate positions that are coming even in past moves of an ongoing game. Might have an impact on the current position, etc. It's possible I'm wrong, but you should probably double check that. 

Oh, didn't think about that. I figured since both players already played wrong moves, and the game progressed differently, it would be alright.. But I see your point. I can't really know if it shows me something useful or not, until checking, so probably shouldn't make any assumptions that it won't. Hopefully no heads will roll this time! D:

Was just trying to set it up as a playable puzzle.

now i feel really bad q.q 

Not much you can do about it now. It is what it is. You just have to move on and remember not to do that. 

I'd focus on playing one sitting time controls, slow enough that you have enough time to think on all of your moves, but that way you can review potential tactics, etc. on the same day, right after the game finishes even. 

Seems like a plan! The only thing that's been holding me back is seeing the terrible moves I sometimes make when under time pressure. But I'm pretty sure that's everybody, until they get used to it!

A lot of people struggle when in time pressure. Just pick a time control that should give you lots of time. Maybe you need an increment. For me, 15-10, (15 minutes for each player with 10 seconds gained a move), is enough. You might need 30 minutes per player, or even 45. Whatever that number is, try to find it. Don't be worried about failing, trial and error is normal, we all sometimes have to see what doesn't work for a while until we find out what does.

When you will be 1300-1350 you will win against 90% of all the players under 1200 and you will have plenty of time.

It's a question of experience and the good habit to Think on Every move!