Points in Puzzles
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SomeGuy02
Jan 8, 2021
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#1
How are the points determined in Puzzles? I feel like just about any correct answer only nets me 5-10 points but any wrong answer takes away 10-15 points, regardless of time. Also, I bounce between 850-1000 rating on puzzles, yet I’m often given puzzles rated 1600-2000. Is this “standard procedure”?
Jan 9, 2021
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#3
Some of the “solutions” don’t always make sense, however. I had one that was “wrong” and I’m fairly certain it was a glitch, but maybe not. I made all the correct moves to promote a pawn, but when I promoted to a Queen it was “wrong” and thus lost me points. The “correct” promotion (according to the solution) was to promote to a Rook. Now what could a Rook do that a Queen could not? Under what circumstance would it be “wrong” to promote to a Queen but correct to promote to a Rook?
SomeGuy02 wrote:
Some of the “solutions” don’t always make sense, however. I had one that was “wrong” and I’m fairly certain it was a glitch, but maybe not. I made all the correct moves to promote a pawn, but when I promoted to a Queen it was “wrong” and thus lost me points. The “correct” promotion (according to the solution) was to promote to a Rook. Now what could a Rook do that a Queen could not? Under what circumstance would it be “wrong” to promote to a Queen but correct to promote to a Rook?
Stalemate situations are one example to come to mind.
Jan 9, 2021
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#5
Fair enough, but in the puzzle both the Rook and Queen promotions put the opposing king in check. I just found it weird.
SomeGuy02 wrote:
Fair enough, but in the puzzle both the Rook and Queen promotions put the opposing king in check. I just found it weird.
Giving the specific puzzles helps with the details.
Jan 9, 2021
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#7
Is that possible on a mobile device? I haven’t even figured out how to “quote” someone’s post yet.
