Best moves and Game Analysis differ

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Avatar of TheWorstLad

When I do a game review, and look at the "Best move" it may show a sequence of moves that differs from the top moves in game analysis.

In other words, if I load the "Best move" starting position into game analysis, the game analysis will sometimes show me a top move that differs from the one in the game review "Best move" sequence of moves.

Why is that so? That makes me feel that the Review is not using the analysis to its full extent...

Avatar of KingMoored

What you are seeing is the result of different chess engine depth.

When a chess engine analyzes a game, the crucial factor used in the calculations is engine depth. Engine depth refers to the number of moves that a chess engine analyzes ahead in a particular position.

Game Review uses the Chesscom servers to analyze a game whereas the Analysis tab uses your computer browser for the analysis. You can change the engine depth for both of these in the settings page.

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[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date ""]
[Round "?"]
[White "yago93700"]
[Black "batscrew"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[WhiteElo "265"]
[BlackElo "274"]
[Termination "Game drawn by stalemate"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/141763129652"]

1. e4 g6 2. Bc4 Bg7 3. Qf3 f6 4. e5 e6 5. exf6 Bxf6 6. Ne2 Qe7 7. Nf4 Nh6 8.
Nxe6 dxe6 9. Qf4 e5 10. Qxh6 Bh4 11. d3 Qf6 12. Nc3 Qxf2+ 13. Kd1 Bg4+ 14. Ne2
Bxe2+ 15. Kd2 Bg5+ 16. Kc3 Bxh6 17. Bxh6 Nc6 18. Bg7 Nd4 19. Bxh8 Nxc2 20. Rac1
Rd8 21. Rxc2 Rxd3+ 22. Kb4 Qb6+ 23. Bb5+ c6 24. Rxc6 Rd4+ 25. Rc4+ Kf7 26. Rf1+
Ke6 27. Rxd4 Bxf1 28. Bxe5 Qxb5+ 29. Kc3 Qxe5 30. Kd2 Qxd4+ 31. Ke1 Qf2+ 32. Kd1
Be2+ 33. Kd2 Qxg2 34. Ke3 Qxh2 35. Ke4 Bh5 36. b4 Qb2 37. a3 Qa2 38. a4 Qxa4 39.
Kf4 Qxb4+ 40. Kg5 Kf7 41. Kh6 a5 42. Kxh7 a4 43. Kh6 a3 44. Kg5 a2 45. Kh6 a1=Q
46. Kg5 Qbe1 47. Kh6 b5 48. Kg5 b4 49. Kh6 b3 50. Kg5 b2 51. Kh6 b1=Q 52. Kg5
Qg1+ 53. Kh6 Qbb6 54. Kh7 Qgf1 55. Kh6 Qad1 56. Kh7 g5 57. Kh8 g4 58. Kh7 g3 59.
Kh8 g2 60. Kh7 g1=Q 61. Kh8 Qb8+ 62. Kh7 Qd7 63. Kh6 Qf6+ 64. Kh7 Qgg5 1/2-1/2