LinearSolutions library mixed up (Problems)
I'm not sure if this is just a problem with the early tactics solutions library, but they seem mixed up or some solutions are even missing.
Example. Intermediate puzzle 48 (March 05). A really interesting position between Larsen, B. and Spassky, B. (1981). Each has only a queen, bishop and pawns. But where is the solution?
Also its not helpful for solutions 45-60 to be labelled 1-15 in the solution explorer...
And lastly the puzzles/solutions are listed 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60. This is just confusing, and unfortunately it seems your programmer was confused too. Click on Intermediate Solutions 45-60 (March 05) and select puzzle 15 in the drop-down - it doesn't exist. Which means there are only 14 solutions in a section which had 15 puzzles.
Puzzles should be 1-15, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 (you can't be both 0 and 1 based at the same time).
I don't want to be too picky because the material is great, its just slighty let down by some fairly simple coding bugs which means the solutions are hard to find or even missing. I worked as a software developer myself so I know how it can happen.
Solutions library mixed up
I have not gone to the specific ones you are talking about, but lots of the puzzles are the same position after multiple moves and it shows as only one puzzle in the solution section, but it served as more than one puzzle in the puzzle section.
? I'm not sure if this is just a problem with the early tactics solutions
? library, but they seem mixed up or some solutions are even missing.
?
? Example. Intermediate puzzle 48 (March 05). A really interesting position
? between Larsen, B. and Spassky, B. (1981). Each has only a queen, bishop
? and pawns. But where is the solution?
?
? Also its not helpful for solutions 45-60 to be labelled 1-15 in the
? solution explorer...
?
? And lastly the puzzles/solutions are listed 0-15, 15-30, 30-45 and 45-60.
? This is just confusing, and unfortunately it seems your programmer was
? confused too. Click on Intermediate Solutions 45-60 (March 05) and select
? puzzle 15 in the drop-down - it doesn't exist. Which means there are only
? 14 solutions in a section which had 15 puzzles.
?
? Puzzles should be 1-15, 16-30, 31-45, 46-60 (you can't be both 0 and 1
? based at the same time).
?
? I don't want to be too picky because the material is great, its just
? slighty let down by some fairly simple coding bugs which means the
? solutions are hard to find or even missing. I worked as a software
? developer myself so I know how it can happen.
Solutions library mixed up
? I have not gone to the specific ones you are talking about, but lots of the
? puzzles are the same position after multiple moves and it shows as only one
? puzzle in the solution section, but it served as more than one puzzle in
? the puzzle section.
Yes I understand that could be the case for some puzzles, but the solution to the below puzzle is not there at all.
Intermediate puzzle 48 (March 05). A really interesting position between Larsen, B. and Spassky, B. (1981). Each has only a queen, bishop and pawns.
Solutions library mixed up
? Yes I understand that could be the case for some puzzles, but the solution
? to the below puzzle is not there at all.
?
? Intermediate puzzle 48 (March 05). A really interesting position between
? Larsen, B. and Spassky, B. (1981). Each has only a queen, bishop and
? pawns.
Hi markakeen,
The tactics solutions for March '05 do seem to be a bit mixed up but not missing, though. We are sorry about that and will try to fix it.
The solution to the puzzle you mentioned, Larsen-Spassky, can be found in the second set ( of Mar '05), puzzle no 12.
Solutions library mixed up
Thanks. While you're looking, I think the standard are mixed up too - though they all seem to be there.
My favourite advanced puzzle for March 05 was puzzle 54 Bielbauer vs Karpati 1981. Wow that is a great puzzle, because once you have the idea it is so simple! Even a beginner could follow the solution in their head. Of course after nearly 10 minutes thinking I scored 0 for that one - it is so hard to spot the obvious! ;)
Solutions library mixed up
by Tony Kosten 
, France, Tuesday, March 13, 2007, 14:24 (6852 days ago) @ markakeen
? Thanks. While you're looking, I think the standard are mixed up too -
? though they all seem to be there.
I have been looking into this and it looks like this happened at the beginning when we moved from having ten tactics to fifteeen, whilst at the same time changing to a new tactics database. For instance, the first ten solutions match the tactics, but then the next five are actually tactics 41-45, etc.! Of course, this is only for the March and April '05 tactics and solutions, after that everything is fine.
I have tried to sort them out but it is just too complicated, so I'm afraid they will have to stay out of synch, sorry! 
