Thanks Aijp.
So equal over plus would mean "slight advantage to black"?
What about a plus sign over a minute sign, or a minus sign over a plus sign?
I know +- means advantage to white and -+ is advantage to black, so I would assume plus over minus is advantage to white and minus over plus is advantage to black. Am I right in my assumption?
I recently purchased Russians versus Fischer, and I'm confused with some of the symbols it uses.
For example, in the books first featured game, Fischer-Bronstein, it goes like this when it gets to the tenth move:
10. d4 (10 a4, Fischer-Kalme, New York 1960/61, 10...Bb7 11 d4 Na5 DELTA ...c7-c5=) 10... Nb6
By DELTA, I mean a triangle. I assume the = sign means after ...c7-c5, the position is equal. But I don't understand when the pawn is supposed to go from c7 to c5.
Further along in the same game comes this:
21 Qe2 (21 Nd5 Bxd5 22 exd5 Qc5infinitysign) 22... Rfd8
I can't figure out what the infinity sign (sideways eight, you know what I mean) is doing there.
Further along again, I come across this in the same game:
36 Qe1 (36 Qxf4 exf4 37 Rd4 = DELTA Rxf4, Bxa4) 36... h4
The return of the triangle. And a comma! Can someone shed some light on that please?
In the second game, Averbakh-Fischer, this happens:
20 Kf1 (20 Rg4? Rxg4 21. Bxg4 Re8plusminus; 20 Rg3?! Rae8; 20 Qd3?! cxb2 21 Rb1 Rae8 DELTA ...Rxe3 or Qd3?! cxb2 21 Rb1 Rae8 DELTA ...Rxe3 or ...Ne5xc4) 20...cxb2
plusminus is simply a minus sign above a plus sign. Later in the third game, Fischer-Tal, I see 17 b4plusequal
plusequal being a plus sign over an equal sign.
Then I see an equal sign over a plus sign.
Triangles? Plus over equal? Equal over plus? Infinity signs?
Can someone help?
Thanks.