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The puzzle of the day, right at the door.

Open Puzzles and today's puzzle is the first thing you see: its date, its rating, whose move, and Play. The last 30 days are one tap further, each labelled by its date.

A wooden board mid-game in a café, an analogue chess clock behind it and a speckled mug beside a player’s sleeve, more boards on the next table.

The short version

  • Puzzles opens with the puzzle of the day on top: the date, its rating and whose move, then Play
  • How your first go went shows right there, so you know if today's is done
  • Past days takes you straight to the last 30, each labelled like "Fri 6 Nov"
  • Playing a past day is a fine puzzle, but your streak only counts the day you play it

If someone hands you a date and a position, you shouldn’t have to go hunting for it. Open Puzzles and the puzzle of the day now sits at the top: “Puzzle of the day · Fri 6 Nov”, its rating, whose move it is, and a Play button. Your next square of the Climb is still right underneath, where you left it.

Once you’ve had a go, the same line says how it went, so a glance tells you whether today’s is done. It never says what the puzzle is about. That part is yours to find.

Missed a day? Past days takes you straight to the last 30, each one labelled by its date and whose move it is. Play any of them: they count like any other puzzle, on the day you play them. The streak doesn’t go back and fill in Tuesday for you. We checked; Tuesday is gone.