I’m not sure how much puzzle solving factors into improvement at chess. But it’s just a small part at best.
Easy vs Hard Puzzles
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Dec 25, 2022
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The only thing you really improve by solving puzzles is your ability to solve puzzles. One of the most common topics on these forums is “ why is my puzzle rating 2000+, by my rapid/blitz rating is under 1000???”
I’m not sure how much puzzle solving factors into improvement at chess. But it’s just a small part at best.
I’m not sure how much puzzle solving factors into improvement at chess. But it’s just a small part at best.
xFallesafe wrote:
The only thing you really improve by solving puzzles is your ability to solve puzzles. One of the most common topics on these forums is “ why is my puzzle rating 2000+, by my rapid/blitz rating is under 1000???”
I’m not sure how much puzzle solving factors into improvement at chess. But it’s just a small part at best.
I’m not sure how much puzzle solving factors into improvement at chess. But it’s just a small part at best.
Oh, what would you say the best way to improve is then?
I've been doing puzzles for quite some time now, and I believe it is really helping me improve. But I've distinguished between two different types of puzzles, easy puzzles, which is usually ones that I can solve by just looking at the position and determining the right move in a few seconds. And hard puzzles, which take longer to solve because I need to actually calculate to find the answer. Since I've been doing both methods, I wonder which one is more effective for improvement? Are easy puzzles better for improvement, or harder puzzles?