i practice with a general tactics book “1001 chess excises for beginners”
and a checkmating book “the checkmate pattern manual”
and i do these both on chessable
they really help
There is no direct correlation but it's very useful to solve puzzles. Puzzles could help you to find forcing wins in certain positions.
How much of a direct correlation is there between your ability to figure out puzzles and playing well.
I do like the puzzles that they give you that are essentially in the beginning of a game or mid game, more than mate in two because it seems that where I personally get stuck. Is there a way to customize the puzzles to do more opening/middle game/