I want to find the best game I've played on site so far and I take that the way to do so is to find the game with the lowest average centipawn loss, but any idea how to find that game? Thanks (sorry I'm new to the site and couldn't find anything on Google)
Best game != lowest average centipawn loss.
Besides for very, VERY well played medium long games, you get the lowest ACPL for either really short (no time to make mistakes. Think Fool's mate.) or really long (if the game lasted for 300 moves, but it was a technical draw already since move 30, you get 0 centipawn loss for 270 moves, so kiss goodbye to a meaningful average) games.
The inaccuracy/mistake/blunder numbers are a bit more accurate, but also far from perfect.
The best way to judge the quality of a game is good old human analysis.
Besides for very, VERY well played medium long games, you get the lowest ACPL for either really short (no time to make mistakes. Think Fool's mate.) or really long (if the game lasted for 300 moves, but it was a technical draw already since move 30, you get 0 centipawn loss for 270 moves, so kiss goodbye to a meaningful average) games.
The inaccuracy/mistake/blunder numbers are a bit more accurate, but also far from perfect.
The best way to judge the quality of a game is good old human analysis.
Furthermore, surely any judgment of your "best" game should account for the rating and performance of your opponent.
During a good game, you and your opponent both have a small centipawn loss.
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