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I don't understand the indicator on the left
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I'm the only one who has this thing? 
Here, on the left, reading 0.4 at the bottom.
Sep 17, 2022
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Priceguy wrote:
I'm the only one who has this thing? Here, on the left, reading 0.4 at the bottom.
That's the position evaluation
https://support.chess.com/article/656-what-do-the-computer-evaluation-numbers-mean-like-225
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Priceguy wrote:
I'm the only one who has this thing? Here, on the left, reading 0.4 at the bottom.
That's the position evaluation
https://support.chess.com/article/656-what-do-the-computer-evaluation-numbers-mean-like-225
Thanks! So it is in fact the case that most moves I and my opponents make worsen our positions...
Maybe I'm bad at searching but I didn't find anything about this on the forums. When I replay a game there is a black and white indicator on the left that changes after every move, presumably showing which side is in the lead and has the better chance of winning, and showing a forced mate when there is one.
However, almost every white move seems to improve black's situation and vice versa. It's uncommon for a move to be good for its own side, according to the indicator. Even if I'm really bad and all my opponents are really bad, we should make good moves more often than that, just by accident. Sometimes the move that seems obvious to me appears to be disastrous according to the indicator.
Am I misunderstanding what the indicator does?