Engine inconsistency?

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CheckersChampyion

In this position vs the 1600 computer, I decided that Qe4 was a pretty strong move (and it was, technically) but when played the engine indicated this was an inaccuracy and that Qe2 was best by around +1.5 or something close.

I was a little butthurt as I thought it was stronger so I decided to take the move back and see what it said when I did move to Qe2 instead. In most instances it indicated that Qe4 was in fact now the "best" move and Qe2 was only "good" ( I think in once instance it might have said Qe2 was inaccurate). I understand that I'm not an engine and both moves were giving over +5, but it still seems a little weird.

Am I overthinking this? As a newer/weaker player this feedback is the only "coaching" I have so getting mixed signals is confusing sometimes.

Martin_Stahl

That isn't actually that uncommon, especially in more complex positions.

CheckersChampyion

Yeah I can totally see that, right after it started saying Rxd6 was best pretty consistently so I'm guessing as long as the moves give pretty similar advantages it doesn't matter very much. Thanks!