I have the same problem, I canceled my subscription because of this change, it's frustrating
The puzzle rating really sucks
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Jul 23, 2025
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ditzyqueen wrote:
I lose two puzzles in a row for a total of -40 and then beat 8 puzzles in a row for +5 each? This is nonsense. Chess.com has been told many times that this is a stupid system,. The problem is that the puzzles are not rated correctly, especially the puzzles with ID's < 100000. So you have these old puzzles that were made 10+ years ago with a rating that worked with the puzzle algorithm of the time, but as chess.com updates the algorithm, they do not fix the old puzzle ratings. VERY LAZY especially when they want $$$$$ to use this buggy site!
Yes they are very lazy. They so lazy that do not show up in help&support forum. They do not care what you want or what you speak about.
and to fix puzzles rating one need a primitive algorithm and a few days to use this algorithm on all of the puzzles but they are so lazy
Jul 23, 2025
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Damian2888 wrote:
I have the same problem, I canceled my subscription because of this change, it's frustrating
Yes it is only reasonable conclusion pay no more money for these laziers
Jul 23, 2025
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You can't use the puzzle ratings in the UI to base judgement on. The site has re-rated all the puzzles on the backend and. The puzzle selection algorithm and rating process uses those ratings.
There's an upcoming update that will show the new ratings in the UI
If you haven't already, you should change your puzzle Difficulty to Hard or Extra Hard
I have been solving puzzles for a couple of days...
Even if the puzzles have been re-rated and the algorithm uses the new ratings now the number of points you get/lose for a puzzle is severely imbalanced: small reward and huge penalty, it indicates that users keep getting low-rated puzzles
As for the Difficulty... I dont know how puzzles like these belong to Extra Hard:
I lose two puzzles in a row for a total of -40 and then beat 8 puzzles in a row for +5 each? This is nonsense. Chess.com has been told many times that this is a stupid system,. The problem is that the puzzles are not rated correctly, especially the puzzles with ID's < 100000. So you have these old puzzles that were made 10+ years ago with a rating that worked with the puzzle algorithm of the time, but as chess.com updates the algorithm, they do not fix the old puzzle ratings. VERY LAZY especially when they want $$$$$ to use this buggy site!