Easy or Hard Problems for Tactics Training?

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Lately I've been working on my chess tactics. Every day I solve a couple of what I consider difficult chess puzzles (15-25 minutes to solve each). I was wondering though if it's better to solve a large number of simple problems (ex. 15-25 seconds to solve) instead or if someone has some general guideline for the ratio of difficult to easy problems.

Avatar of sudden-change

Hard puzzles helps you improve concentration and calculation ability. Easier puzzles lets you see more patterns in a shorter amount of time. So I'd say they both have value and you should not exclude one for the other.

Difficult to guess a time ratio.... maybe 50/50?

Avatar of ponz111

There are puzzles even harder than the hard problems on Tactic Trainer.

Tactics from a good correspondence game are often more difficult than the problems on TT.

I agree with Louis-Holtzhausen that you should study easier and difficult problems on TT.

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