1. When you make a move, there are some black and grey bars (for black and white I guess) with numbers listed to the right of the move notation. Usually when you have something listed like this, there's a label at the top to indicate what the value means, but there's no indication, so what do those bars/numbers indicate? (and really, the interface should have a label above those parts)
2. A moving bar showing +white numbers or -black numbers. I'm guessing this has something to do with the quality of the move, but what do the numbers represent?
3. what's the definition of a "blunder?" moving a piece into a spot to easily be captured I understand, but I just had a game where the opponent moved his checked king into the position that would result in a checkmate instead of a safer spot, but it was only counted as a "mistake." Shouldn't a more severe error be considered a blunder, especially moving your king, unforced, into a checkmating square?
4. Sometimes I see a move like offering a queen exchange as a blunder. I guess if moving a piece into a dangerous square counts as that, I can understand, but surely it's not a blunder if you're aiming for a queen exchange?
5. What is the most underrated feature on chess.com that I should be checking out?
5. Search button. Google is good too when you include chess.com in the query.
1. When you make a move, there are some black and grey bars (for black and white I guess) with numbers listed to the right of the move notation. Usually when you have something listed like this, there's a label at the top to indicate what the value means, but there's no indication, so what do those bars/numbers indicate? (and really, the interface should have a label above those parts)
2. A moving bar showing +white numbers or -black numbers. I'm guessing this has something to do with the quality of the move, but what do the numbers represent?
3. what's the definition of a "blunder?" moving a piece into a spot to easily be captured I understand, but I just had a game where the opponent moved his checked king into the position that would result in a checkmate instead of a safer spot, but it was only counted as a "mistake." Shouldn't a more severe error be considered a blunder, especially moving your king, unforced, into a checkmating square?
4. Sometimes I see a move like offering a queen exchange as a blunder. I guess if moving a piece into a dangerous square counts as that, I can understand, but surely it's not a blunder if you're aiming for a queen exchange?
5. What is the most underrated feature on chess.com that I should be checking out?