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Seeing the best solution when learning from mistake or doing a computer analysis

Hi!

I'm wondering if there's a way to see the best move when using "learn from mistake". I've imported several games, and during computer analysis, it always says "good move" but doesn't provide information about other possible moves or what could have been improved. Since there's a "view the solution" button, indicating that there is a 'correct' move, I believe it would be helpful if the computer analysis either suggests the better move or allows the user to try again to find the best move, it isn't really learning if the correct solution isn't given.

If I recall correctly, before the update, the computer analysis used to provide information about the better move/alternative moves, but that seems to be missing now (unless I'm mistaken). This feature is valuable for learning, as it can be confusing to close the "learning from mistake" window and start over, ultimately leading to forgetting what mistake I was working on and what move I made that was good.

edit: I feel like there used to be a hint button as well, bringing these features back (or knowing how to turn them on) would be so helpful. I improved so much using lichens the last few months but now learning is so much more confusing.

Cheers :)
Try board analysis...i saw a total count of blunders, mistakes plus it is suggested what would have been a better move. If ever it is not board analysis it is an other name but it is there!
@CanadaQuebec said in #2:
> Try board analysis...i saw a total count of blunders, mistakes plus it is suggested what would have been a better move. If ever it is not board analysis it is an other name but it is there!

Yes, I use that already. I mean that I want the computer analysis/learn from mistakes feature to tell me what the best move is or what other moves I can do like it used to. But thank you for trying! (this is genuine but it sounds snarky) Hopefully, someone from Lichess sees this and helps.
The problem is that in real positions unlike puzzles maybe there are multiple good moves. Stockfish can prefer one over another (and his opinion maybe changed depending on the current depth), but "Learning from mistakes" is about finding a good move, not about guessing the top engine one.
@lena741 said in #4:
> The problem is that in real positions unlike puzzles maybe there are multiple good moves. Stockfish can prefer one over another (and his opinion maybe changed depending on the current depth), but "Learning from mistakes" is about finding a good move, not about guessing the top engine one.

Ahhh, okay! That makes a lot of sense. I still prefer the old way, but I now understand the change. Thanks for the response. It would be cool if there was an option to toggle the feature on or off, though.

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