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gibbo9192

do they indicate the strength of the position for each player overall or just the strength of the last moves made, and how significant are the scores - clearly the chess engine produces these scores but is there an understandable explanation of how..   i know i could easily enough figure out most of this but rather than kind of guessing at it can someone give me some clear answers and guidance - i play loads of 5 min blitz games and often look back at games to see where it all went wrong - which is easy enough when u made a total and clear blunder but less clear when the games are closer matched ??  hope this makes sense .. thanks anyone for any help happy.png

notmtwain

Screenshot? Not sure what bars and figures you mean.

It sounds like you are describing the time spent per move info.

gibbo9192

can't do a screen shot on this thing - after you play a game there is the list of moves made then next to the list there are black and white bars with figures next to them ?

Jordan_nawrat
I believe you're referring to the Move Explorer? And if you are, the bars represent the likelihood of winning for that colour (white % of win, draw % and black % of win). I could be mistaken but it makes sense and is what I've always assumed.
LIFESCALE

mind. blown.

Trexler3241

If it is the live analysis, then the bars at the left show who has the advantage (if the white bar is longer, white has the advantage).

Jergb

That's the duration for moves.

 

CanadianDuck

It could also be how long you spent on that move.

schaunRooe

I think what is referred to is under the "Moments" Tab in analysis. I was searching for this clarification too when I came across the same(?) question, but without any clarifying answer.  Here is a copy paste of the chart. I have absolutely no ide what info it is trying to present. 

Edit - the copy paste formatting was changed on posting - I cant delete or change it. The 3 bars are actually in one horizontal line next to the move ref)

 

Is there not a Chess.com manual or similar that clearly explains all these things, rather than numerous people guessing?

 
French Defense: Exchange Variation, 3...exd5 4.Nf3
Game Results
  • 4... Nf6

    1,716

    22%
    60%
    18%
  • 4... Bd6

    1,271

    28%
    42%
    31%
  • 4... Nc6

    622

    20%
    43%
    37%
  • 4... Bg4

    333

    30%
    35%
    35%
  • 4... c5

    96

    46%
    30%
    24%
  • 4... c6

    61

    26%
    44%
    30%
  • 4... Bf5

    49

    22%
    53%
    24%
  • 4... Be7

    11

    73%
    27%
Ilampozhil25

oh that. there the 22% is the percent of times whit won after 4...Bf5 in that position. White is white wins Black is black wins and Grey is draws. (and i know @ThrillerFan  hates this) and the higher the percent the longer the bar. also the number is the number of times that move has been played in this position.

toms1994

Hey there, been playin chess for awhile and cannot understand the numbers next to moves. For example, After i make a move and look at the chart on the right hand side, it will place a value next to it (20.5, or 1:04.20, or whatever it is), how do you read those analytics?

Ilampozhil25

time taken to play the move 

rowbradfo2

why is white always have the advantage at the start f the game according to the evaluation bar? is it because they move first?

ChuckBaw

If referring to this screenshot, definitely time per move. It's a 1:1 bullet game and white's moves add to about 1:20 after move 20. I was black in this game, and my queen move 19. Qf3 is a complete blunder, and can be taken for free by the bishop (he missed it though so got mated lol our elo's are loww). Anyways, if the bars were evaluations, then it should show white with a very high bar rating and black with a low rating. However, it shows me with the longer bar of 9.8 to his 2. So, yes I suppose I took 9.8s just to blunder my queen. At least it helps solve the question.

magipi
ChuckBaw wrote:

If referring to this screenshot, definitely time per move.

Do you think that the guy is still looking for the answer after 8 years?

saivibhutiarts

what is the red marked left side vertical bar?? screenshot attached

whitepanther96

I found it

saivibhutiarts

thanks whitepanther96

GaucheInTheMachine
@whitepanther96!! You are the man, thank you
GringoIcely22

[Event "Vs. Computer"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024-07-13"] [White "GringoIcely22"] [Black "Augusto"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "426"] [BlackElo "1940"] [TimeControl "-"] [Termination "Augusto won by resignation"] 1. d3 d5 2. Bd2 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bh3 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nb4 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Qxg5 13. f4 (13. Bxb4 Bxb4 14. c3 Bd6) 13... exf3 0-1