Can anyone tell me what this is? My brain is kerfuffled...

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The black and white bars and the #'s after each move on the right hand side are what I'm asking about.

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Philidorable wrote:
The black and white bars and the #'s after each move on the right hand side are what I'm asking about.

 

It will come to you in a minute.

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It's been well over a minute and still nothing.

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Time used?

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It’s the time. 4.e4 took 7.6 seconds for white to play, 4...d6 took 5.2 seconds for black to play
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Got it, so it has nothing to do with relative strength of position?  

Not sure why I need to know how long it took someone to move or how it's helpful, but thanks for the answers.

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Philidorable wrote:

Not sure why I need to know how long it took someone to move or how it's helpful, but thanks for the answers.

A record of the time spent on each move is valuable information to have when analyzing your games. For instance, knowing that you take relatively more time to move in certain positions or phases of the game may help identify your weaknesses.