Why am I more accurate when I lose than when I win?

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davidjddo

I'm a beginner, folks. Please don't be snarky.

Toldsted

Maybe your loosing games are longer than your winning games. Longer games usyally means higher accurary.

An advice: Don't focus on accuracy. Focus only on having fun, learning and winning (in that order).

davidjddo
Toldsted wrote:

Maybe your loosing games are longer than your winning games. Longer games usyally means higher accurary.

An advice: Don't focus on accuracy. Focus only on having fun, learning and winning (in that order).

Thanks for responding. I didn't know about the length of the game aspect of accuracy. I am playing strictly for fun, but sometimes I wonder what the numbers tell me. I thought maybe a lower accuracy when I won indicated that my attacking skills needed more focus. Then again, at my stage, everything needs more focus. Cheers!

magipi

Accuracy is a meaningless number. It shows nothing relevant.

KeSetoKaiba

Probably just a low sample size because your accuracy will probably be about the same whether you win, lose, or draw and if anything, it would be higher when you win (not lower!).

However, accuracy just means overall for the entire game. If you play "perfectly" for 39 moves, but then hang your Queen on move 40, then you'll have a high accuracy, but probably still lose the game. If you have a higher accuracy when you lose, then maybe it means you play well for most of the game, but then make a blunder in one move like my Queen example.

spacecatchess2007

You probably blundered, but played most of the game good/perfectly