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What are Puzzle points on Chess.com?
What are Puzzle points on Chess.com?

Discover how to improve your skills with Puzzle points on Chess.com. Learn how the system works and how to level up through the tiers!

Updated over a month ago

💡 Puzzle points make solving puzzles more exciting and rewarding through challenges and incentives to improve your chess skills.

Unlike the regular puzzle feature that focuses on ratings, puzzle points let you track your progress using a points-based system. You earn points for each puzzle you solve, and as you collect points, you advance through different levels and climb up the tiers.

How to see your puzzle points

iOS

  • Tap Puzzles from the menu at the bottom and select 'Solve Puzzles:'

Puzzles on the Chess.com app
  • Tap the 'Settings' icon at the top right corner of the screen to bring out the settings pop-up menu:

Puzzles on the Chess.com app
  • Toggle 'Collect Puzzle Points' and tap 'Save' to apply the changes:

    • If you don't want to see the timer, make sure to toggle off 'Show Timer.'

Puzzle settings on the Chess.com app
  • This will show you your puzzle points, current puzzle tier, level, streak, current points, and points needed to move to the next level:

Puzzle points on Chess.com
  • Tap on the puzzle piece at the top center of the screen to view your current position in your puzzle journey and see where your friends are:

Puzzle points on Chess.com

Android

  • Tap 'Puzzles' on the bottom menu and select 'Puzzles' on the puzzles page:

Puzzles on the Chess.com app
  • Tap the 'Settings' icon at the top right corner of the screen to bring out the settings pop-up menu:

Puzzles on the Chess.com app
  • Toggle 'Collect Puzzle Points' and tap 'Save' to apply the changes:

    • If you don't want to see the timer, make sure to toggle off 'Show Timer.'

Puzzle settings on the Chess.com app
  • This will show you your puzzle points, current puzzle tier, level, streak, current points, and points needed to move to the next level:

Puzzle points on the Chess.com app
  • Tap on the puzzle piece at the top center of the screen to view your current position in your puzzle journey and see where your friends are:

Puzzle points on the Chess.com app

How to hide your puzzle points

To switch to the classic rated puzzles mode with a rating progress graph, click the settings icon in the upper right corner of a puzzle to open the settings menu and toggle off the 'Collect Puzzle Points.' Tap 'Save' to apply the changes:


Tiers and points system

As you move along the Puzzle Journey on Chess.com, you’ll go through eight different tiers: you’ll start at the Wood tier and work your way up through Stone, Bronze, Silver, Crystal, Elite, Champion, and finally, Legend tier.

Each tier has 20 levels, each presenting new challenges as you improve. The point requirements for advancing to the next level increase with each level and tier.

Points breakdown for each tier

Points are awarded based on the difficulty of the puzzles and your progression through the tiers. Here’s a breakdown of the points given for different puzzles at each tier:

Tier

Easy

Hard

Extra Hard

Wood

15

20

25

Stone

15

20

28

Bronze

15

20

28

Silver

15

22

28

Crystal

17

22

28

Elite

17

22

28

Champion

19

24

31

Legend

24

30

39

Additional point bonuses

Each puzzle has the potential for different amounts of points based on:

  • Daily bonus: Earn bonus points by solving three puzzles correctly each day. The daily puzzle quest is completed once you solve three puzzles accurately.

  • Streak bonus: Earn points for consecutive correct puzzles. Streaks start from the second consecutive correct puzzle.

  • Personal Record bonus: Earn bonus points for each new personal record for the hardest puzzle solved.

  • Milestone bonuses: Earn bonus points for achieving puzzle milestones (like solving 200 puzzles!)

  • Speed bonus: Earn bonus points for solving puzzles quickly.

You will know when you’ve received bonus points and how many by looking at the animation on your board:

Puzzle bonus on Chess.com

Prestige

When you begin your puzzle journey, you start with a simple green pawn marking your progress through the tiers:

Puzzle points on Chess.com

After completing all the tiers, you will be notified you have prestiged and your pawn is upgraded to match the style of the next league, such as a Stone pawn if it's your first time going through all the tiers:

Puzzle prestige upgrade on Chess.com

As you continue through the tiers with the Stone pawn, you eventually advance to a Bronze pawn, and so on, until you reach the Legend pawn!

📚 Check out this article to learn more about Puzzles: How do puzzles work?

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