Puzzle Rating Change

The overall rating changes after a session will likely be very similar. You'll get more correct on Standard and closer to 50/50 in Extra Hard, at least over the long run.

I have dropped almost 450 rating from 1860 to 1420

Very frustrated by the puzzle fiasco. I realize it means nothing to anyone else, but five years of progress being wiped out without explanation is making lichess very attractive

The reasoning was explained in the following article.

https://www.chess.com/news/view/announcing-new-puzzles-rating-system

I thought the same last night. I had recently reached a peak above 3200. I had dropped back to 3100. Logged on to try and get my 3200 back to find it was 1000 points lower. I thought it was a glitch. Once I realized it was not I then titled and dropped lower lol. Anyways very frustrating because I had been stuck at 2600 for a while and recently studied some chess tactic books to break through. Inflated or not it was my reference to my improvement. I was proud that I finally broke through and now its gone. Also frustrating that now I am getting 2 points per puzzle and I miss 1 and drop 20 points. Not sure how this is more like game rating when there I either gain 8 or lose 8 most of the time. It was already frustrating when I was 3200 because I was getting 5 points a puzzle but one miss would cause 15+ point drop. Curious to why they didnt just change the system and let the new system correct the "issue". Why take what I worked hard to earn. Even had I dropped all the way to where I am now I would have preferred to get there by missing puzzles. At least then I would know its deserved. I also think this would be better for those that get limited puzzles per day.

I went down from 2000 to 1480. But who knows, its probably changing for the better cuz i am not supposed to be rated 2000.

Try changing your puzzle Difficulty setting to Hard or Extra Hard

The amount of rating change depends on the difference between the puzzle rating and your current rating. On Standard the average rating of puzzles is lower and you gain fewer points on a success and lose more on a failure. It now works exactly like games

Your latest puzzles.

Yea seems to be fine if you play on "Extra Hard"...Not sure why they did not go with Easy, Medium, and Hard haha.

On 7th October 2025 my puzzle "rating" went from 3551 to 2321.

As others have said on here it doesn't really matter and is almost certainly a long term improvement, but it leaves me a little demotivated. I was solving every day and on the steady road to 4000. Now what?!

The puzzle is very strange

The new puzzle rating system is how I expected it to behave in the first place. Yeah, I'm kinda disappointed that my rating dropped from the 3400s to 1900s. Let's face it, I'm nowhere near a 3400 rated player. That would put me in Magnus territory. The current algorithm is closer to reality.
Chess.com's real sin is the failure to give us a heads up. Why? Now we have a bunch of members that are disappointed and frustrated. Some have threatened to cancel their membership. Much of this angst could've been avoided.

Mine gone down by about 600! Rediculous added to the fact that you can only make progress 5 points at a time. Get real

This was only a matter of time. Better to have a rating that actually represents your skill, like it is now.

The amount you can change depends on the difference between your rating and the puzzle rating.

You might try Hard or Extra Hard if you are on Standard