Well, no. I am careful and slow as well. I just did some math to see how much time I take to solve puzzles(hard difficulty) and on average I spent 180 secs per puzzle.
My real problem is that if I see a winning line I just go for it. The usual recommendation is that once you find a winning line, you should pause, and start looking for a better one, but I never do that. I know that's a mistake, but that's what I do and what I'm comfortable with.
Cheers.
At 1700-1800 rating, I spent 110 seconds and I got it wrong. I just didn't consider the correct move, literally didn't even see it! I feel dumb.
You have more rating than Thibault, and he is the super smart guy who created this website. Don't feel dumb... LOL.
rinf, don't worry, you are not the only one or the puzzle would not have such a high rating.
I wonder what it can happen in our brain that makes so many people fail a checkmate in one while there is no objective reason for this puzzle to be harder than any other checkmate in one!
This question is puzzling me more than the hard puzzles. It looks like we have some veil covering our eyes when it comes to certain positions in puzzles.
I failed the puzzle because I just moved after (correctly) calculating the forced checkmate 1.Rxf1 1...Qxf1 2.Qxa1#.
Where is the "good move, but you can find a better one" option? I thought that this stupid thing of failing a problem just because you found a mate in 2 instead of a mate in 1 only happened in the
Chess.com puzzles... what a dissapointment :/
The practicality of this puzzle is moot. Rxf1+ Qxf1 Qh2# is just as good except it's "imprecise" but who really cares? A forced mate is a forced mate.
I forgot to mention my peak puzzle rating is 1987 and I played Rxf1+ instead of Qxf1++
I correct myself: I wanted to say "2.Qh2#" instead of "2.Qxa1#". So guys, don't drink when writing in the forum :D
Totally agree with
@chesscoaching.
#15
Oh man come on. You miss a mate in one and you want a second chance? That's like hanging the queen and asking for a takeback. LMAO. I am OK with having failed it and not getting a second chance.
#19 "That's like hanging the queen and asking for a takeback"
Are you kidding me? Are you really comparing the fact of leaving a hanging queen with a WINNING move that leads you to a FORCED checkmate? -.-'
Unless we are talking about the mate-in-one captcha, designed expressely to make sure you are not a robot, a mate in 2 shouldn't be considered as a bad move (or at least, not a reason to consider a puzzle as "failed").
I'm not asking for a takeback. What I say is that tactics are meant to be a sequence of moves that lead you to a tangible gain, it is nothing about the "shortest sequence".
A forced checkmate is always a safe win. A hanging queen not. Got the difference??