The puzzles system on Lichess has always used exactly the same rating system as games, Glicko2. Every puzzle attempt is a “game” between you and the puzzle. If you get it right you win, and take your ratings points as the prize. If you get it wrong, the puzzle walks away victorious.
Does Lichess puzzle rating mean anything?
The reason for that is that puzzles here on lichess are rated by the average rating of players that solved that puzzle so for example if only lets say 100 players solved a relatively easy puzzle but those 100 players happen to have a high rating the puzzle it self will have a high rating.
What is the highest chess puzzle rating?
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | ALYURFED | 65354 |
| #2 | el008 | 47893 |
| #3 | AriesGen | 32350 |
| #4 | SyktyvkarRU | 24663 |
What is a good score on Lichess?
Lichess ratings start at 1500, as is recommended by the Glicko system definition. The median player rating of Lichess is close to 1500, and there is no significant deviation of this value over time. The Lichess ratings can often be higher than ratings from other systems that start at 1200, such as FIDE or chess.com.
What kind of rating system does Lichess use?
What rating system does Lichess use? Ratings are calculated using the Glicko-2 rating method developed by Mark Glickman. This is a very popular rating method, and is used by a significant number of chess organisations (FIDE being a notable counter-example, as they still use the dated Elo rating system).
What’s the difference between classical and Lichess puzzle rankings?
I found a lichess topic on this forum about the same argument and someone said that the puzzle rankings are about 100/150 above someone’s classical score. It seems to me that the difference is a lot more, 500/600 points for what I see…
What’s the average rating of a chess puzzle?
So if 50% of players at rating 1500 fail a puzzle, that puzzle is rated 1500 (approximately). It is a self-contained system that is independent of other ratings, and only measures the degree of difficulty of puzzles that you are capable of completing, on average.
How is the difficulty of a puzzle determined?
Puzzle rating is determined by the success rates of players attempting the puzzle. So if 50% of players at rating 1500 fail a puzzle, that puzzle is rated 1500 (approximately). It is a self-contained system that is independent of other ratings, and only measures the degree of difficulty of puzzles that you are capable of completing, on average.
