[BUG] Wrong display for pieces taken
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I play on a mobile ios version of chess.com and there is a bug in the display of pieces which have been taken by me or my opponent. Each time I take a piece, this piece is displayed on my opponent side and each time he takes one of mine, it's displayed on my side. Very annoying.
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Thanks for the advice. I just did it.
That's not a bug..Its meant to be that way...
It is how many pecies you HAVE LOST displayed on your side.
It is how many pecies you HAVE LOST displayed on your side.
That's a bug. When you're White, you are supposed to see Black's pieces that you take on your side. That's how it is dispplayed on every other chess apps and that's how it was displayed on chess.com before this bug happens. Also you can in the picture below that I have +7 in terms of the advance on my opponent because I took much more pieces than him. Except that HIS pieces are displayed near MY counter. See?
Jul 14, 2017
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#6
It is not a bug but a design decision made by the site. The old site had the way you expect it, the current site was designed the way you see it; it matches across mobile and web.
Jul 14, 2017
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#7
For the record, players who are interested in improving should NEVER count the material off the board!
The only material that matters is the material that's left ON the board. The only points that matter are 1 for win, .5 for a loss, and 0 for a draw (using traditional scoring).
If you have a B+N+P and your opponent has a R and a Pawn, you're not up one point. That doesn't make any chess sense. You're up a B+N for a Rook. It may take a few more seconds to say it, but in terms of thinking correctly about the game, it's far more efficient and accurate.
I did not say that the material counter matters. I just said that it is nonsense to display what I took from my opponent on the opponent side! When you play against a real human opponent (not online), do you put on your side of the board or on the opponent side all the pieces that you take? Online behavior must match real life behavior. Every other chess app do that! That's why I consider it's a bug.
No, it shows you have lost one pawn, and your opponent has lost two pawns and a knight.
It dosen't really matter at all. The designer obviously thought about this decision,a nd must have come to the inclusion it was benififcal.
If there is something that I dislike about a website, does not make it a bug. A bug is an accidental technical issue, not a design feature I don't like.
If there is something that I dislike about a website, does not make it a bug. A bug is an accidental technical issue, not a design feature I don't like.
@Smyalov
It's more confusing, and takes longer to work out how far I'm down- that mean nothing to me, but knowing the points turns it into a numerical figure I can understand quickly and easily.
It's more confusing, and takes longer to work out how far I'm down- that mean nothing to me, but knowing the points turns it into a numerical figure I can understand quickly and easily.
At any rate, whether it is a bug or not, the only way to let the staff know that you don't like it is to report it as a bug.
There is no point in making a forum thread about it. The staff almost never notices these threads.
@Boukine Report staff about that and they will do it.
Jul 14, 2017
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#14
VicountVonJames wrote:
@Smyalov
It's more confusing, and takes longer to work out how far I'm down- that mean nothing to me, but knowing the points turns it into a numerical figure I can understand quickly and easily.
It's more confusing, and takes longer to work out how far I'm down- that mean nothing to me, but knowing the points turns it into a numerical figure I can understand quickly and easily.
The problem with point count chess is precisely that it gives the player the illusion of understanding the material imbalance. If the material imbalance is anything more complex than simply counting pawns, it's usually wrong.
For instance, a Rook is usually considered to be worth five "points". But a Rook vs a B+2 Pawns is usually at a serious disadvantage. A B+ 1 P is about worth a rook. So, is a Rook really worth 4 "points"? Two Rooks are usually worth more than a Q, but a Q is worth 9 points.
Man, this point stuff gets confusing in a hurry, doesn't it?
Maybe it'd be better to understand chess in the language of chess, rather than the language of machines?