What They Don't Tell You About Accuracy

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Check out this game report, no mistakes, no blunders, only a few inaccuracies. ~95% accuracy for both players. Pretty good right?

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Now let's look at the actual game

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It's just a bunch of stupid moves where on move 25 everything is on the back rank for both players.

If both you and your opponent play a dull game with few tactics, then it's possible to get a high "accuracy" score even if you both played badly.

What new players should know, is that if you're new, this tool will help you find tactical blunders quickly... but that's all it's good for. Yes strategic errors will make the eval bar drop too, but the risk for new players is that it will criticize you for not playing some deep idea (like you would have been just in time to prevent the d5 break if you'd played a 5 move sequence), while ignoring the fact that you played like a total idiot overall (as in the game above).

Especially for beginners, approaching a position with good concepts, and good habits, will help cure a lot of bad moves by eliminating them from consideration completely. This analysis tool can't tell you that your entire mindset or habits are wrong.

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Anyway, I had the idea for this topic after reading yet another "I'm a 1000 rated player who plays 30 second chess, check out my game where I got >90% accuracy, why was my accuracy so high?"

Avatar of keep1teasy

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

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B1ZMARK wrote:

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

I'm reading this right after I posted this and I have no clue what I wanted to say

Avatar of llama47
B1ZMARK wrote:

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

They could rename them. Instead of:  best - excellent - good

It could be:  good - acceptable - disappointing

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B1ZMARK wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

I'm reading this right after I posted this and I have no clue what I wanted to say

lmao

Avatar of PILOTOXOMXD

bro that would make my games more dissapointing than my social life

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llama47 wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

They could rename them. Instead of:  best - excellent - good

It could be:  good - acceptable - disappointing

or best - good - acceptable/decent? I get more of the disappointing vibe from inaccuracy but that's just me

Avatar of PILOTOXOMXD

and any of my irl friends can tell you that my social life is more dead than a doorknob

Avatar of TRAP4MOUSE

Only 15 good moves how it could get above 95?

Avatar of PILOTOXOMXD

accuracy is a very fickle thing

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B1ZMARK wrote:

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

Lasker: if you seee a good move try to play a better move 

Avatar of keep1teasy
TRAP4MOUSE wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

Lasker: if you seee a good move try to play a better move 

if you see a good move play it, regret it, but win on time anyways

- online chess postulate #3

Avatar of Kowarenai

huh i never knew this but its nice ig

Avatar of TRAP4MOUSE
B1ZMARK wrote:
TRAP4MOUSE wrote:
B1ZMARK wrote:

*Trying not to make a joke*

you could take advantage of it too, though. For example you may see your opponent play a somewhat bad move and fail to punish it. Later you see that the move is actually fine.

Generally, though, you should have more best moves than other moves (excellent, good)

Lasker: if you seee a good move try to play a better move 

if you see a good move play it, regret it, but win on time anyways

- online chess postulate #3

However in otb I play better If i face a low rated I start to troll him by promoting 3 queens poking fun of him 

Avatar of keep1teasy

I'll literally play 1.a3

Avatar of nTzT

Whose game is it? I think the ratings matter when it determines the accuracy

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edot123 wrote:
nTzT wrote:

Whose game is it? I think the ratings matter when it determines the accuracy

ratings don't affect accuracy

Since the new system, they do. A mistake at one level might not be listed as one on another.

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nTzT wrote:

Whose game is it?

I made it up as an example.

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nTzT wrote:

Whose game is it? I think the ratings matter when it determines the accuracy

nobodys

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llama47 wrote:
nTzT wrote:

Whose game is it?

I made it up as an example.

Try adding some ratings to it? I am curious if it changes much