I Tested 885 Duolingo Chess Puzzles. 24% Do Not Make Sense

tylervsnyc 13 points 7 comments July 13, 2026
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tylervsnyc

Hi All, 6 months of research enjoy!

smokedetector1

High quality, charming article. The Hikaru defeat mentions made me chuckle. One possibility I think you’ve omitted is that they slopped the puzzles pretty hard

werrett

Oh cool. This is from the folks behind story time chess. https://storytimechess.com/ I can thoroughly recommend. I’ve purchased it for my (then) 4 year old and it’s definitely been a great way for us to both get better at the game On the chess app front I love Noctie.ai. Don’t be put off by the AI bit. It’s a we’ll crafted app with both short form puzzles, and longer scenarios https://noctie.ai/

no_multitudes

odd you would spend so long researching this, yet choose not to write it yourself. The LLM tone is tacky and distracting.

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