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:'

Tap the settings () icon at the top right corner of the screen to bring out the settings pop-up menu:

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.'

This will show you your puzzle points, current puzzle tier, level, streak, current points, and points needed to move to the next level:

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:

Android

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

Tap the settings () icon at the top right corner of the screen to bring out the settings pop-up menu:

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.'

This will show you your puzzle points, current puzzle tier, level, streak, current points, and points needed to move to the next level:

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:

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:

Prestige

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

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: