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Well I've become pretty much  addicted to the "tactics" feature of this website.  Really has improved my game.  But I was wondering, it seems to me that they are getting harder to solve the more I use it.  Is that true, or am I imagining it, or maybe just getting worse at chesshappy.png.  Also, one thing that is a little annoying is that from time to time you have the same solution, but don't move the pieces in the order that it does so you get the puzzle wrong, Yes, I know, most the time the sequence is critical, but sometimes it's not.  A small peeve.  I love the tool.

Ken

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Inkyfingers22 wrote:

Well I've become pretty much  addicted to the "tactics" feature of this website.  Really has improved my game.  But I was wondering, it seems to me that they are getting harder to solve the more I use it.  Is that true, or am I imagining it, or maybe just getting worse at chess.  Also, one thing that is a little annoying is that from time to time you have the same solution, but don't move the pieces in the order that it does so you get the puzzle wrong, Yes, I know, most the time the sequence is critical, but sometimes it's not.  A small peeve.  I love the tool.

Ken

 

a) yes, the puzzle adjust to your ability so if you get better, they get harder...

b) If it is marking you down for move order, I have found that it is usually correct. I'll just have to really look at why my original order doesn't quite work. That said, there are definitely some that I can't figure out. My order looks ok..

Avatar of Inkyfingers22
Once I had one where I could get a split on a Qeen with a check, and instead it lead me to a knight capture, so they’re not always right. But I still love them. It’d be nice if they were numbered so that we could reference them.
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Inkyfingers22 wrote:

Once I had one where I could get a split on a Qeen with a check, and instead it lead me to a knight capture, so they’re not always right. But I still love them. It’d be nice if they were numbered so that we could reference them.

As Becca says, they are numbered. Scroll to the bottom of your tactics rating page and you will see them. Post the one you think is wrong. I suspect that one of us will be able to explain why it's actually correct.

 

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Definitely gets harder and improves my game. The harder it gets the more annoying it gets, makes me want to screammmmm!