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Evaluation Bar in Live Games?
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Oct 14, 2024
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#23
Can you imagine in a time scramble you see the Eval bar jump your way indicating your opponent just blundered, but you have no time to study the position and find the best move? Then your rushed move gives the winning advantage back to your opponent. How crushing to see that. Yes, allow it in streamed online games so we can watch the emotional rollercoaster of the players. Would make compulsive viewing.
Oct 15, 2024
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#24
CapsChess wrote:
I'm curious, is there a reason as to why the evaluation bar is not shown in live games?
In my opinion, it can't be used for cheating as it doesn't tell you the best move, you still have to figure it out yourself. For some it could be distracting but I guess it could be added as an on/off feature that players can toggle based on their own preference. Maybe I'm wrong but it is a question that I've been asking myself for the past weeks.
I have played games with an evaluation bar (unrated of course, a friend told us the evaluation in voice chat). It's a completely different game.
When you have an evaluation bar, the best strategy is to play safe moves. It punishes aggressive moves, as the opponent immediately knows whether they are sound or not.
Feel free to try it in unrated games or Classroom with two friends (one for the eval bar, one as your consenting opponent).
In my opinion, normal chess without an evaluation bar is way more fun.
its not too bad of an idea to include into variants