A Botez Gambit classified as "mistake" rather than blunder in CAPS.

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jeremy054

Hi everybody,

Below is the strangest CAPS analysis I have seen:

https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/daily/285559702?tab=report

This analysis is strange for a number of reasons-- for example 18. Rxa7 being classified as "good" despite losing 5 points, or 10. Ra3 being classified as "excellent" instead of "an alternative" when the point difference is 0.03. But none of that compares to labeling my opponent's magnificent Botez gambit, 10...Qc4, as a mere mistake. Before you ask-- this wasn't a poorly used sacrifice-- it cost him 13 points! Now, at first, I thought that hey, maybe since we are low rated, the algorithm went easy on us. But that doesn't make sense either, since A. that wouldn't make sense since if it's relative then we would always have a similar score, instead of always growing, and B. It still labeled by Bd2 as an "inaccuracy" despite turning an M1 into an M3. Pretty harsh considering that changes nothing about the game's outcome-- it would make more sense to label it good, especially if it was going easy on us.

So, I would like to ask a question for the intelligent people of chess.com: what about CAPS makes this move a mistake rather than a blunder?