There is like a huge difference(300) between my blitz rating and puzzle ratings. Is it normal and indicates that 1700s are easier to beat and puzzles are harder?
Yes, lots of players have big differences between the puzzle rating and the other ratings. The puzzles aren't timed so players can take as much or as little time over them as they like, making comparison with the game ratings not very meaningful.
The difference can be quite big (at one point, mine was a bit over 1000 and even now it's still around 900) but it's more common that puzzle rating is higher than game ratings. In your case it's maybe not so surprising that it's the other way around as you seem to play only blitz and bullet which is very different experience from what is needed when solving puzzles.
In general, comparing puzzle ratings between players makes little sense as they approach puzzles in very different ways. Some are willing to spend a long time on a puzzle (some of the harder ones took me 40-50 minutes), some give up quickly. Some players prefer to go through puzzles by theme, some rather pick a random puzzle (so that they don't have the hint of knowing what to look for) etc.
In general, comparing puzzle ratings between players makes little sense as they approach puzzles in very different ways. Some are willing to spend a long time on a puzzle (some of the harder ones took me 40-50 minutes), some give up quickly. Some players prefer to go through puzzles by theme, some rather pick a random puzzle (so that they don't have the hint of knowing what to look for) etc.
When you're solving puzzle, you know there's an answer to that puzzle, and then you start carefully selecting candidate moves and then calculate them. However in real games sometimes you cannot easily figure out whether there's a tactic. You may play a move without considering alternatives, without calculating in depth, or blunder due to some tunnel-visioned calculation (for example you capture your opponent's queen but then got checkmated). Thus when you see a position in puzzle training you may be able to solve it, but in a real game you may not play the best move. Thus puzzle rating tends to be higher than game rating.
A significant proportion, I'd estimate 5%, of the puzzles are wrong anyway, in that either the supposed "best move" is NOT the best move, or there is another move that is equally good but if you choose it, of course you "lose". It's pretty frustrating at times.
@SwissyHissy said in #5:
> A significant proportion, I'd estimate 5%, of the puzzles are wrong anyway
i very much doubt it. when someone complains about a puzzle in the forums, we ask them to link the puzzle they think is wrong. and in most cases, they simply didn't understand the puzzle. someone finding an actually incorrect puzzle is very rare.
so, if you think you found a wrong puzzle, post it on the forums.
> A significant proportion, I'd estimate 5%, of the puzzles are wrong anyway
i very much doubt it. when someone complains about a puzzle in the forums, we ask them to link the puzzle they think is wrong. and in most cases, they simply didn't understand the puzzle. someone finding an actually incorrect puzzle is very rare.
so, if you think you found a wrong puzzle, post it on the forums.
@glbert said in #6:
> i very much doubt it. when someone complains about a puzzle in the forums, we ask them to link the puzzle they think is wrong. and in most cases, they simply didn't understand the puzzle. someone finding an actually incorrect puzzle is very rare.
>
> so, if you think you found a wrong puzzle, post it on the forums.
I'm certain I've found a few. Though to be fair, much more often, I've also found myself to be wrong in my initial assessment, normally there is some subtlety that I missed. I'm not deluded enough to think I'm better than most of the puzzle setters or a computer.
Anyway how can I post a puzzle I think is wrong to the forum?
I can screen shot the puzzle, but I don't think I'll be able to paste it in?
> i very much doubt it. when someone complains about a puzzle in the forums, we ask them to link the puzzle they think is wrong. and in most cases, they simply didn't understand the puzzle. someone finding an actually incorrect puzzle is very rare.
>
> so, if you think you found a wrong puzzle, post it on the forums.
I'm certain I've found a few. Though to be fair, much more often, I've also found myself to be wrong in my initial assessment, normally there is some subtlety that I missed. I'm not deluded enough to think I'm better than most of the puzzle setters or a computer.
Anyway how can I post a puzzle I think is wrong to the forum?
I can screen shot the puzzle, but I don't think I'll be able to paste it in?
On the top left there is a link of the puzzle, which you can post here. Like this:
lichess.org/training/9UTXY
lichess.org/training/9UTXY
@SwissyHissy said in #7:
> I'm certain I've found a few.
I know someone in person who also thought that many puzzles were wrong. He is around 1700 FIDE, with tons of experience. But every one he showed was actually perfectly correct.
> Anyway how can I post a puzzle I think is wrong to the forum?
Just copy / paste the URL or give the puzzle id.
As for the topic: those ratings measure different things. They are not meant to be the same, or compared.
> I'm certain I've found a few.
I know someone in person who also thought that many puzzles were wrong. He is around 1700 FIDE, with tons of experience. But every one he showed was actually perfectly correct.
> Anyway how can I post a puzzle I think is wrong to the forum?
Just copy / paste the URL or give the puzzle id.
As for the topic: those ratings measure different things. They are not meant to be the same, or compared.
@nadjarostowa said in #9:
> I know someone in person who also thought that many puzzles were wrong. He is around 1700 FIDE, with tons of experience. But every one he showed was actually perfectly correct.
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> Just copy / paste the URL or give the puzzle id.
>
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Ok thanks. I will bear in mind what you said, and check carefully before I post one then!
> I know someone in person who also thought that many puzzles were wrong. He is around 1700 FIDE, with tons of experience. But every one he showed was actually perfectly correct.
> >
> Just copy / paste the URL or give the puzzle id.
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Ok thanks. I will bear in mind what you said, and check carefully before I post one then!