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elk12429

I'd like for the total number of moves I have made in all of my games to be one of the stats when I look at my account stats.  Does this already exist, or can that be added if not?

notmtwain
elk12429 wrote:

I'd like for the total number of moves I have made in all of my games to be one of the stats when I look at my account stats.  Does this already exist, or can that be added if not?

I am trying to figure out why this could possibly interest you.

How about an estimate? You have played 535 games. Statistics gleaned from my extensive internet search reveal a median game length of 70 half moves. This would give you an estimate of 18,725 moves (or 535 *35) you made. 

Now what?

http://chess.stackexchange.com/questions/2506/what-is-the-average-length-of-a-game-of-chess

elk12429

It was one of the account stats on the chess websites I played on before I came to this one, and I thought it would be interesting to see.  

macer75
elk12429 wrote:

It was one of the account stats on the chess websites I played on before I came to this one (chesshere and plasticbishop), and I thought it would be interesting to see.  

FYI - there seems to be a rule against naming other competing chess websites on the forums.

Anyway, it does seem like an interesting stat to see; however, I'd still much rather have the staff spend their time on making bughouse or some other variant available.

elk12429
macer75 wrote:
elk12429 wrote:

It was one of the account stats on the chess websites I played on before I came to this one (chesshere and plasticbishop), and I thought it would be interesting to see.  

FYI - there seems to be a rule against naming other competing chess websites on the forums.

Anyway, it does seem like an interesting stat to see; however, I'd still much rather have the staff spend their time on making bughouse or some other variant available.

Deleted other names from the comment.  There's a good reason I left them in any case, they've over-monetized and become anti-fun, and so I came here a couple years ago and now pay for chess.com because I love it!

m_connors

Agreed. Stat showed up recently but means absolutely nothing (at least to me). I also divided games played by moves made and the result did not make any sense, so I have to wonder just how valid the stat really is.

notmtwain
m_connors wrote:

Agreed. Stat showed up recently but means absolutely nothing (at least to me). I also divided games played by moves made and the result did not make any sense, so I have to wonder just how valid the stat really is.

The other way. Total moves divided by number of games makes sense.

I get 34.