What do the numbers and bars mean down the side of the notation page?

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No1PawnStar

The game notation page on the new website has numbers and bars that change with each move made.

What do they mean?

Thanks.

Harschism

 Time spent per move in seconds.

Cheers!

 

DC19

Thank you!  Been racking my brain trying to figure that out!

xBobbyStockfischer

LOL me too... I thought it was an evaluation, the longer I tried to find the best move the worse it looked cry.png 

ahilgaz

hahaha

jk5621

Lol I looked here and previously I thought that the higher the number on the bar the better the move. 

ColdHeater

Don't think that is correct (if we are looking at the same thing). Just finished a game with moves for me and the other player that I know took at most 1 second, but the bar/number shows 12 or 18. Can't be. 

 

ColdHeater

https://support.chess.com/article/656-what-do-the-computer-evaluation-numbers-mean-like-225

Martin_Stahl
ColdHeater wrote:

Don't think that is correct (if we are looking at the same thing). Just finished a game with moves for me and the other player that I know took at most 1 second, but the bar/number shows 12 or 18. Can't be. 

 

 

The bars at the right side of the moves absolutely are the calculated time taken per move after allowed lag is taken into account.

obansinglemalt

Also thought it was kind of assesment of the last move, till I got a longer bar after an awful move. Thanks for the clarification!

 

ChessNerd207
obansinglemalt wrote:

Also thought it was kind of assesment of the last move, till I got a longer bar after an awful move. Thanks for the clarification!

 

why did you make the move if you knew it was bad

 

obansinglemalt

Well, as quite some chess players, I only realised it was a bad move after doing it. Lucky (or smart) you if you never experienced this happy.png!

 

Rocky0110

what about the bar on the side that goes up and down? what does that mean

 

Martin_Stahl
Rocky0110 wrote:

what about the bar on the side that goes up and down? what does that mean

 

 

If you're watching another player's game or are in Analysis, https://support.chess.com/article/656-what-do-the-computer-evaluation-numbers-mean-like-225

knighter1776

Knighter1776: In the left Pane, I see three numbers: On the first line a 4 to the right of “Chess.com”.  That means I am playing 4 games simultaneously.  On the third line, a 2 to the right of the word “Play”.  That means that it is my move on two of the four games I am playing.

But I am stumped on the second line.  It has an 8 to the right of the work “Home”.  What does the 8 mean?

diftt0116

That would mean that you have 8 new messages.  happy.png

diftt0116

And the first line actually means that you have 4 notifications, not that you're playing 4 games!

knighter1776

ok!  Thank you!

babonday

what is the number in the moving bar at end of game,,it cant be seconds for a move because sometimes it says m2 etc ( which i know is 2 moves to checkmate) 

what is the 4.1 etc all about?  

Martin_Stahl
babonday wrote:

what is the number in the moving bar at end of game,,it cant be seconds for a move because sometimes it says m2 etc ( which i know is 2 moves to checkmate) 

what is the 4.1 etc all about?  

 

https://support.chess.com/article/656-what-do-the-computer-evaluation-numbers-mean-like-225