So I recently hit nearly 3200 (3177) in puzzles after grinding for a long time, and suddenly chess.com was giving me these mind-boggling puzzles with nearly indistinguishable moves, and my solutions were always wrong because of some obscure line that no human would see. I just dropped to 2800 in 2 days and perfectly flatlining at 2800 (Exactly my rating 30 days ago). Most losses are -15, while every win is +5. I find this incredibly unfair as I have put countless hours into my puzzles.
Is chess.com messing with my puzzles?
"my solutions were always wrong because of some obscure line that no human would see" - Harder puzzles are harder. It doesn't matter that you think your move is refuted by an "obscure line that no human would see".
"I just dropped to 2800 in 2 days" - Everyone fluctuates rating. Puzzle fluctuation is no different.
"Most losses are -15, while every win is +5" - Especially as you climb puzzle rating, it is easier to lose rating than to gain rating.
"Is chess.com messing with my puzzles?" - I never understand why people jump to this paranoia that there is some outside influence directly responsible for a drop in rating.
So I recently hit nearly 3200 (3177) in puzzles after grinding for a long time, and suddenly chess.com was giving me these mind-boggling puzzles with nearly indistinguishable moves, and my solutions were always wrong because of some obscure line that no human would see. I just dropped to 2800 in 2 days and perfectly flatlining at 2800 (Exactly my rating 30 days ago). Most losses are -15, while every win is +5. I find this incredibly unfair as I have put countless hours into my puzzles.
Is chess.com messing with my puzzles?