In my opinion, you shouldn't get a puzzle wrong if you play a mate in 3 instead of a mate in 2. As I found out, this is handled pretty haphazardly anyways on lichess. Where the tactic trainer shows "good move, look for a better one" or where you just lose the puzzle is not really clear to me, it's just random. Also, it would be a good idea to implement the -1,75 difference for alts, as employed on
chesstempo.com.
What do you think?
I would be delighted to see those changes on here.
So what I'm suggesting is basically that the alternatives get more valued in the lichess tactics trainer, that you just get a new shot, when your move is good (and satisfies the -1,75 rule), but not the best.
I like this please implement. Also if could be added the preferred line and show you after its done.
this has been "requested" time and time again. Looks like it's simply too low on the list or maybe they don't want to change it at all - which would be a pity.
Wait. If it's named a mate in two and it's possible to resolve it in two it should be/remain a mate in two. IMHO
Thing is, the puzzles aren't labeled at all, which is really annoying as some people have pointed out. (like you search for some obscure checkmate when the point is winning a knight - but OK, OTOH, one could argue that the player should see that)
I suspect the problem is rather from a developer's standpoint - the puzzles aren't automatically calculated in any way on the fly by the engine, but rather hardcoded to each specific puzzle?
I disagree with you on that, #6.
Labeling puzzles with "mate in 3" or "White wins a piece" is a method employed to teach beginners chess, it shouldn't be and isn't employed on tactics website and in good tactics books and that is for a good reason: Teaching you, how to think in a real game.
Yet, it would be a decent, but far from urgent idea to implement it as an option (like creating a "hint"-button). When turning on the hint button, your tactical attempts wouldn't be rated.