EXCLAM!!! what exactly does it mean?
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McEntire87
Jun 28, 2017
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I have just begun to read actual chess books and I see the (!) symbol at the end of a move i.e. Qxd4! I can glean that the move was significant in some way, but what I don't know is what the actual "textbook" meaning of the symbol used is in this context. Any ideas for me?
set up a chess board, play out the moves... after a few games, it will sink in. chess annotation has meaning. the ! means good move! the ? means questionable move, just for starters. expand from there... I used to play out tournament games from logs, sometimes I couldn't see why the games were called a draw. study, play lots, read good teaching books like Jeremy silman's "how to reassess your chess" 3rd edition, or "chess tactics for advanced players" by yuri averbahk. what the hey, right?
i never made a 3! MOVE TOUGH:/
jorb8 wrote:
so after all those books you get a 1400 Rapid Rating? is that what we should expect?
set up a chess board, play out the moves... after a few games, it will sink in. chess annotation has meaning. the ! means good move! the ? means questionable move, just for starters. expand from there... I used to play out tournament games from logs, sometimes I couldn't see why the games were called a draw. study, play lots, read good teaching books like Jeremy silman's "how to reassess your chess" 3rd edition, or "chess tactics for advanced players" by yuri averbahk. what the hey, right?
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