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Avatar of Flameblaze

what does this mean?  Kxd3?! my main point is what does ?! mean?

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King captures (the piece on) the square d4 -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess) for more info.

edit: disregard this post, I suppose.

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Boheme wrote:

King captures (the piece on) the square d4 -- see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_notation_(chess) for more info.

King captures (the piece on) the square d3 --

(Oops. Didn't see the edit. Estragon has it right. Dubious move.)

Avatar of ClavierCavalier

?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

This means "WHAT THE...?"  You see it a lot.

!!!!!!!!!!

This one means the annotator thought the move was so good his body reacted in pleasurable rhythmic muscle contractions.

?????????? means the move was so bad that the annotator was found dead with his board in this position.

Trust me on this.

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thanks, everyone.