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Good resource for annotated games
I'm finding annotated chess games very handy to increase my level of chess knowledge.
Are there any recommendations on good online resources for annotated games?
I've found a few, but the annotations are either not very good, or the ratings of the…
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What does "+-" mean in algebraic notation?
I'm familiar with chess notation, but this has left me scratching my head. Looking at this answer, I see two games ending with moves marked as "+-" or "-+" (plus-minus or minus-plus). What does this annotation mean? Is it standard? And why are the…
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Automated annotation of good moves
It is easy enough to use a chess engine to "annotate" a game to the extent of pointing out mistakes and blunders: when the evaluation function drops by greater than a certain amount, the move is deemed bad enough to merit a "?" or a "??".
Has anyone…
itub
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Understand some of my positional mistakes
Would somebody mind taking a look at my game that I annotated below. I am having difficulty understanding a few of my mistakes. (Namely on moves 5,7,12,17). Thanks.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O {This is the Nimzo-Indian…
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What is an "artificial" move?
Sometimes I see a move or serial of moves described as "artificial" What does this mean? Here is one example, comments by Kasparov on move 10. ..cxd4. Taken from "Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part1"
Later Black sometimes also tried the…
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Why don't people develop a annotation symbol for "best moves"?
In chess, exclamation points ("!") indicate good moves and the double exclamation point ("!!") is used for very strong moves. However, I do not know any symbol for "best moves". There are moves which may not be surprising or involve any particular…
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