Chess Annotations
I thought it would be a good idea to post a list of all the chess annotations. In my chess club I started to get lines of attack or defense and have no clue what several of the symbols mean so I looked them up. I imagine there are others here who would like some clarification. I found this on a website and have reposted it here for your use.
| Symbol | Means | Also Written As |
| 1 - 0 | White Wins | |
| 0 - 1 | Black Wins | |
| 1/2 - 1/2 | Draw | |
| + | Check | ch. |
| ++ | Double Check | dbl. ch. |
| dis. ch. | Discovered Check | |
| O-O | Castles Kingside | |
| O-O-O | Castles Queenside | |
| # | Checkmate | |
| ! | Good Move | |
| !! | Very Strong or Brilliant Move | |
| ? | Mistake | |
| ?? | Blunder | |
| !? | Interesting Move | |
| ?! | Dubious Move | |
| +- | White has a Winning Advantage | |
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White has a Clear Advantage | +/- |
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White has a Slight Advantage | += or +/= |
| = | Equal Position | |
| ~ | Approximately Equal Position | |
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Unclear Position | |
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Black has a Slight Advantage | =+ or =/+ |
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Black has a Clear Advantage | -/+ |
| -+ | Black has a Winning Advantage | |
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Compensation | |
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Counterplay | |
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Initiative | |
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Attack | |
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Zugzwang | |
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Only Move | |
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Development Advantage | |
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Space Advantage | |
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Zeitnot (Time Trouble) | |
| N | Novelty | |
| RR | Editorial Annotation | |
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Better is | |
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Worse is | |
| = | Equivalent is | |
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With the Idea of | |
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Directed Against | |
| << | Queenside | |
| >> | Kingside | |
| e.p. | En Passant | |
| OTB | Over the Board | |
| CC | Correspondence Chess | |
| Ch. | Championship | |
| M. | Match | |
| OL | Olympiad | |
| zt | Zonal | |
| izt | Inter-zonal | |
| rpd | Rapid Play | |
| sim | Simultaneous | |
| jr | Junior Event |
